Location
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Event Website
http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/733493/tornade-sudbury-1970
Start Date
20-8-1970 8:15 AM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F3
Classification
Confirmed
Description
The eighth deadliest tornado in Canadian history and fourth in Ontario. Very strong tornado spawned by particularly intense storm as part of a squall/derecho event. A number of witnesses saw the storm and tornado approaching. Some houses were destroyed down to their foundations. This is likely F4 type damage although was not confirmed by EC. (report by Dave Sills?) Most of the deaths were attributed to vehicles interacting with tornadic winds.
Lively to Sudbury
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
The eighth deadliest tornado in Canadian history and fourth in Ontario. Very strong tornado spawned by particularly intense storm as part of a squall/derecho event. A number of witnesses saw the storm and tornado approaching. Some houses were destroyed down to their foundations. This is likely F4 type damage although was not confirmed by EC. (report by Dave Sills?) Most of the deaths were attributed to vehicles interacting with tornadic winds.
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/ntp_mndta/1970s/1970/2