2 nights ago, my area received 2 emergency alerts for tornado warnings. A strong storm cell was moving in and myself and a bunch of other like minded smart people did the opposite of what the alert said and headed outside towards the storm for some photos. Normally, these tornado warnings don't amount to anything and this time the storm did pass by with just some strong winds and a spectacular lightning show that lasted for hours.
The very next day, which was also Canada Day, a large tornado did touch down south of us and did do some damage. I was going to say about 45 minutes south of me, but it has come to my attention recently that Canadians measure distance in time....which doesn't really make sense to most. By the map it was roughly 80km south.
Here are a couple images of the storm cell:
Stay safe out there everyone!
You've captured some wonderful images there. I'm glad to say that we very rarely get any storms of that magnitude here - bad for the photographer, but good news for the roof tiles!
ReplyDeleteTruth! We get just about all types of weather here!
Delete...your stormy weather make for some wonderful images. Stay safe, Jenn.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tom!
DeleteGlad that tornado didn't kill any people. It was a miracle actually.
ReplyDeleteThat is for sure, sad about the livestock and homes but no loss of human life is amazing.
DeleteSpectacular photos but scary, just the same. Be careful out there, Jenn.
ReplyDeleteThank you, I probably shouldn't have gone out to take photos but I was just around the corner from my house and we've seen so many storms like this.
DeleteWow, those images are pretty impressive. Stay safe!
ReplyDeleteThank you. This one was close.
DeleteThat storm was very dangerous and we're lucky people weren't killed.
ReplyDeleteHi Red, yes very lucky no one was killed. Sad about the livestock and destroyed homes.
DeleteImpressive! We had a tornado watch some days ago, but nothing came of it.
ReplyDeleteWe get a few most summers, the one that did touch down south of us was 1-2km wide they reported. Yikes.
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