Location
Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
9-7-1974 6:00 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F2
Classification
Probable
Description
Multiple witnesses to the storm, with some claiming to have seen funnel cloud (newspaper) although claims were denied years later. Damage indicated winds likely in excess of 100mph were possible. (source?) One person described the damage in the village as “it looked like a bomb went off”. “incredible noise” “it sounded like a locomotive coming down on the house” Possibly a rain-wrapped tornado.
Tweed
Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Multiple witnesses to the storm, with some claiming to have seen funnel cloud (newspaper) although claims were denied years later. Damage indicated winds likely in excess of 100mph were possible. (source?) One person described the damage in the village as “it looked like a bomb went off”. “incredible noise” “it sounded like a locomotive coming down on the house” Possibly a rain-wrapped tornado.