Location
Grey, Ontario, Canada
Start Date
20-4-1996 5:50 PM
End Date
20-4-1996 6:30 PM
Document Type
Report (PDF/Word)
F-Scale Rating
F3
Classification
Confirmed
Description
Many witness accounts of violent tornado. Compelling stories, videos(?), photographs, and a book published (Under the Whirlwind). Upper-end of F3 rating, if not F4 in some places. (Mike Boivin’s house) One photo taken shows a swath of healthy maple bush destroyed with some trees partially debarked. An OPP officer witnessed a house explode as it took a direct hit from tornado.
K-W Record Apr20 1996.pdf (7775 kB)
London Free Press Apr20 1996.pdf (4332 kB)
Alliston Herald:Courier, April 27, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1154 kB)
Almaguin News, April 24, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (7007 kB)
Barrie Examiner, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2426 kB)
Brockville Recorder and Times, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2245 kB)
Cambridge Reporter, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2278 kB)
Chronicle-Journal, April 25, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1259 kB)
Chronicle-Journal, April 28, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1964 kB)
Durham Chronicle, April 24, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (11672 kB)
Guelph Mercury, April 28, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2254 kB)
Guelph Mercury, May 4, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (3344 kB)
Kenora Daily Miner and News, April 23, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2835 kB)
Kitchener This Week, May 15, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (8885 kB)
Kitchener-Waterloo Record, April 22, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (7041 kB)
London Free Press, May 3, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1967 kB)
Markdale Standard, April 24, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (9627 kB)
Markdale Standard, May 1, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (9583 kB)
Niagara Falls Review, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2768 kB)
Orangeville Citizen, April 24, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (3650 kB)
Peterborough Examiner, April 28, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2036 kB)
Shelburne Free Press:Economist, April 24, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (9185 kB)
Simcoe Reformer, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2152 kB)
St. Catharines Standard, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1233 kB)
The Chesley Enterprise, April 24, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (4196 kB)
The Meaford Express, May 1, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (3623 kB)
The Sault Star, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (4298 kB)
The Sun Times, April 25, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (3769 kB)
The Sun Times, April 26, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (3371 kB)
The Sun Times, April 27, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (16437 kB)
The Sun Times, April 29, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (18204 kB)
The Sun Times, June 10, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2554 kB)
The Sun Times, May 1, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (2741 kB)
The Sun Times, May 2, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (3976 kB)
Timmins Daily Press, April 25, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1764 kB)
Welland-Port Colborne Tribune, April 27, 1996, Williamsford to Blantyre.pdf (1415 kB)
April 20, 1996, Tornado Damage Paths.jpg (6238 kB)
April 20, 1996, Track Map 1.jpg (8704 kB)
April 20, 1996, Track Map 2.jpg (8632 kB)
April 20, 1996, Track Map 3.jpg (8509 kB)
April 20, 1996, Track Map 4.jpg (8434 kB)
Williamsford to Blantyre
Grey, Ontario, Canada
Many witness accounts of violent tornado. Compelling stories, videos(?), photographs, and a book published (Under the Whirlwind). Upper-end of F3 rating, if not F4 in some places. (Mike Boivin’s house) One photo taken shows a swath of healthy maple bush destroyed with some trees partially debarked. An OPP officer witnessed a house explode as it took a direct hit from tornado.