Location
Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
19-8-1982 6:45 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F0
Classification
Confirmed
Description
OPP reported funnel cloud spotted northwest of Mattawa and moving SE at a high rate of speed. Witnesses heard train-like noise amd large hail falling. Damage reports came from both Redbridge, (40km west of Mattawa), and along HWY 533 which was then closed. Some very large trees were uprooted along the tornado track, some 4ft in diameter. Possibly a long-track tornado as it inflicted damage over a linear path of approximately 40km.
Mattawa
Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
OPP reported funnel cloud spotted northwest of Mattawa and moving SE at a high rate of speed. Witnesses heard train-like noise amd large hail falling. Damage reports came from both Redbridge, (40km west of Mattawa), and along HWY 533 which was then closed. Some very large trees were uprooted along the tornado track, some 4ft in diameter. Possibly a long-track tornado as it inflicted damage over a linear path of approximately 40km.