Location
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
24-6-1951 12:00 AM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F2
Classification
Confirmed
Description
Very strong tornado hit the town of Midhurst and surrounding area. Approximate 10km track with varying damage, from minor to approaching violent. Some of the damage could be considered F3 as a car was thrown 900ft and was stopped by a tree, and some buildings were said to have been blown off their foundations.
“Mrs. Richardson said “I ran as fast as I could to the house. We couldn’t shut the windows because the suction was so great. Curtains and blinds were ripped out. One mighty swoosh and it was all over.””
Other witness accounts available. Check References and EC file.
“It lifted water from Little Lake.”
Midhurst
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
Very strong tornado hit the town of Midhurst and surrounding area. Approximate 10km track with varying damage, from minor to approaching violent. Some of the damage could be considered F3 as a car was thrown 900ft and was stopped by a tree, and some buildings were said to have been blown off their foundations.
“Mrs. Richardson said “I ran as fast as I could to the house. We couldn’t shut the windows because the suction was so great. Curtains and blinds were ripped out. One mighty swoosh and it was all over.””
Other witness accounts available. Check References and EC file.
“It lifted water from Little Lake.”