Location
Waterloo-Wellington, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
17-4-1967 6:12 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F3
Classification
Confirmed
Description
The second of two F3 tornadoes to strike Southern Ontario on the 17th of April. This tornado was said to have skipped along as opposed to the previous one which stayed mostly down for the track length. Touchdown occurred just west southwest of St. Jacobs with the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club taking a direct hit. It continued skipping over the town in an east northeast direction. The technical document states that if the tornado had have stayed down, St. Jacobs would have been “wiped out”. The document also states that the track length was “less the 5 miles long” which is conflicting with EC file and with a map in the tech doc. Perhaps this was referring to the total damage length excluding the areas skipped.
See newspapers for details on this tornado as there are not many available in the EC files.
April 17, 1967 Tech Memoranda.pdf (9380 kB)
London Free Press, April 18, 1967.pdf (24661 kB)
Mitchell Advocate, April 27, 1967.pdf (10601 kB)
Stratford Beacon Herald, April 18, 1967.pdf (51340 kB)
Toronto Daily Star, April 18, 1967.pdf (9956 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 1.jpg (3925 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 2.jpg (4128 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 3.jpg (3836 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 4.jpg (4170 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 5.jpg (4181 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 6.jpg (4398 kB)
April 17, 1967 Track Map 7.jpg (4339 kB)
April 17, 1967 Milverton & St. Jacobs to Armstrong Mills Image 1.jpg (5054 kB)
St. Jacobs to Armstrong Mills
Waterloo-Wellington, Ontario, Canada
The second of two F3 tornadoes to strike Southern Ontario on the 17th of April. This tornado was said to have skipped along as opposed to the previous one which stayed mostly down for the track length. Touchdown occurred just west southwest of St. Jacobs with the Waterloo Rod and Gun Club taking a direct hit. It continued skipping over the town in an east northeast direction. The technical document states that if the tornado had have stayed down, St. Jacobs would have been “wiped out”. The document also states that the track length was “less the 5 miles long” which is conflicting with EC file and with a map in the tech doc. Perhaps this was referring to the total damage length excluding the areas skipped.
See newspapers for details on this tornado as there are not many available in the EC files.