Location
Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
16-6-1960 7:15 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F2
Classification
Confirmed
Description
Strong to violent tornado part of a squall line which entered Ontario at the St. Clair River just south of Courtright. It moved at approximately 55mph to the NE and became a mile wide at its peak. It became non-tornadic around the Smithville area and by the town of Forest it was just a wind storm. Residents indicated that an event like the one which occurred on June 16 would only occur once in every fifteen years. In addition to the tornado, 30,000 acres of Kent and Lambton Counties inundated by floods with $1M crop losses.
Note: may need to be upgraded to F3 as buildings were swept away.
Witness at Lambton County Archives saw tornado coming and took shelter in ditch.
Courtright to Smithville
Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Strong to violent tornado part of a squall line which entered Ontario at the St. Clair River just south of Courtright. It moved at approximately 55mph to the NE and became a mile wide at its peak. It became non-tornadic around the Smithville area and by the town of Forest it was just a wind storm. Residents indicated that an event like the one which occurred on June 16 would only occur once in every fifteen years. In addition to the tornado, 30,000 acres of Kent and Lambton Counties inundated by floods with $1M crop losses.
Note: may need to be upgraded to F3 as buildings were swept away.
Witness at Lambton County Archives saw tornado coming and took shelter in ditch.