Location
Essex, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
25-6-1958 4:00 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F1
Classification
Probable
Description
“Workmen at the greenhouses ‘heard a roar like a hundred trains’.” Damage was congruent with a strong tornado as trees were twisted and thrown. Possible F2 type damage likely as a buildings had roofs and walls removed with secondary missile damage. Barn roof blown over house, which also had its roof removed. Sunniland Farms 5 acre greenhouse (one of the largest in Ontario) was essentially destroyed. One witness may have accidentally driven into the tornado: “…I ran into a solid wall of water, so dense I could hardly see through it. At the same instant, there was a roar, like an airliner flying about 50 feet away, and something jarred the car for an instant, almost as if it had hit something and glanced off.” – from Windsor Star
Leamington
Essex, Ontario, Canada
“Workmen at the greenhouses ‘heard a roar like a hundred trains’.” Damage was congruent with a strong tornado as trees were twisted and thrown. Possible F2 type damage likely as a buildings had roofs and walls removed with secondary missile damage. Barn roof blown over house, which also had its roof removed. Sunniland Farms 5 acre greenhouse (one of the largest in Ontario) was essentially destroyed. One witness may have accidentally driven into the tornado: “…I ran into a solid wall of water, so dense I could hardly see through it. At the same instant, there was a roar, like an airliner flying about 50 feet away, and something jarred the car for an instant, almost as if it had hit something and glanced off.” – from Windsor Star