2007 Elie, Manitoba F5 Tornado


 
   

June 22, 2007This is a video of the F5 tornado that hit Elie, Manitoba on date shown above. From Wikipedia:On June 22, 2007, an F5 tornado struck the town of Elie, Manitoba, 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Winnipeg. While several houses were leveled, no one was injured or killed by the tornado.The tornado touched down north of the Trans-Canada Highway around 6:30 pm CDT (2330 UTC) and slowly moved southeast where it picked up a tractor-trailer before it headed south and severely damaged the town's flour mill causing over $1 million in damage. After hitting the flour mill it headed southeast towards Elie, where it destroyed four houses, flipped over cars, and even tossed one homeowner's Chrysler Fifth Avenue onto their neighbour's roof. The tornado lingered over the same area of Elie for approximately four minutes before it cut sharply to the south and rapidly dissipated. The tornado traveled about 6 km (3.7 miles) and was 300 m (330 yds) wide at its widest during its 40 minute lifespan. The tornado repeatedly struck essentially the same area of town, destroying most of the structures and vehicles in the area.If the tornado had continued along its southeast track, it would have hit the main part of town. At the same time as the Elie tornado, another tornado was touching down close to nearby Oakville. Two tornadoes not far from each other at the same time was a rare occurrence for the people watching the news that evening. There were reports of 8 touchdowns in Manitoba during that day. The people in Elie were prepared and took the necessary precautions, during this situation.The following day, Environment Canada sent out a storm damage survey team to assess the damage caused by the tornado. On September 18, 2007, the tornado was upgraded to F5 on the Fujita Scale from the original F4, as winds were determined to be between 420 km/h and 515 km/h (261 and 318 mph), based on video analysis of the tornado and reassessment of the damage[2]. This was the first tornado in Canada to be officially rated as such, making it the strongest confirmed tornado in Canadian history, and only the second F5 tornado ever since 1999, (the other being in Greensburg, Kansas on May 4, 2007). It should be noted that Canada has not adopted the Enhanced Fujita Scale yet; if used, the equivalent EF5 rating would have winds in excess of 200 mph (320 km/h).This video was originally uploaded by the user slair on YouTube. All rights in the video belong to this user.

Canal: News & Politics
Añadido: December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm
Autor: QuadTornado

Duración: 02:40
Puntuación: 4.76
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Etiquetas: 2007  22  Canada  Elie  F4  F5  June  Manitoba  MB  tornado  tornadoes  tornados  

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marsCubed (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
paraphrased from wikipedia"F0 and F1 corresponds to the eighth and twelfth levels of the Beaufort scale, "violent storm" and "hurricane" respectively. Wind speeds for F11 and F12 corresponded to Mach numbers 0.9 and 1.0 respectively. Descriptions of damage are made for each F, these descriptions are used to classify tornadoes."this makes sense because wind speeds change quickly, so things like path length and width are a better. consider one which only lasted a few seconds or another an hour
AoKBlitz (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
so awsome
gogole123 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
0:42 small lighting at center of movie
supercrazymaniacs417 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
it starts at F0
shadowlord2005182000 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
Tornadoe's are rated by the wind speed that why the fijita scale is EF-1,2,3,4,5
roketboyd (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
god. man. these things are incredibly awesome! unfortunately Man builds and lives in natures path...
rocknroller1226 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
dood if theres a tornado that is massive and its winds arent strong there not gonna say its a f-5 its based on wind speeds and ef-5 means its desrtoyed a bunch of stuff
heavymetalrox10 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
yea a tornado is rated on how much it eats.......u cant tell by the looks if u could this looks like an f3
Gtrplyr1 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
f5 is based on wind speed and damage
rocknroller1226 (December 31, 1969 at 5:59 pm)
dood its the wind speeds there not gonna say a huge tornado with the winds of a f-1 there not gonna say its a f-5