Location
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
11-7-1969 2:30 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F0
Classification
Probable
Description
Probable tornado as storm described as hurricane-like and 19mm (3/4in) hailstones fell, piling up so that it looked like it had been snowing. “Smiths Falls looked like a battleground with hundreds of trees uprooted…” A witness claimed to have seen a tree get lifted out of the ground and flung down. The temperature dropped 13°C as the storm passed.
Smiths Falls
Lanark, Ontario, Canada
Probable tornado as storm described as hurricane-like and 19mm (3/4in) hailstones fell, piling up so that it looked like it had been snowing. “Smiths Falls looked like a battleground with hundreds of trees uprooted…” A witness claimed to have seen a tree get lifted out of the ground and flung down. The temperature dropped 13°C as the storm passed.