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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 9:43 PM EST SUNDAY
28 DECEMBER 2008.
SEVERE WINDS BATTER SOUTHERN ONTARIO.
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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
THE WINTER STORM WHICH DELIVERED SOME TOPSY TURVY WEATHER OVER THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS UNLEASHED SEVERE WINDS ACROSS A WIDE SWATH
OF THE PROVINCE. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM SWEPT
THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO EARLY THIS MORNING REACHING EXTREME
EASTERN ONTARIO AROUND MIDDAY. STRONG WIND GUSTS WERE PREVALENT FROM
WINDSOR TO WIARTON TO WINCHESTER IN EASTERN ONTARIO. TOPPLED TREES,
SOME DAMAGED BUILDINGS AND A FEW OVERTURNED HIGH-PROFILE VEHICLES ON
EXPOSED ROADWAYS AND BRIDGES WERE OBSERVED SPORADICALLY ACROSS MUCH
OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO. POWER OUTAGES AFFECTED SOME 200,000 PEOPLE
ACCORDING TO HYDRO ONE AS OF MID AFTERNOON.
PEAK WIND GUSTS ARE LISTED BELOW.
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DATE
LOCATION PEAK WIND GUST IN KM/H
WINDSOR 104
SARNIA 85
RIDGETOWN 98
LONDON 96
KITCHENER 89
ELORA 102
MOUNT FOREST 85
GODERICH 89
WIARTON 111
COLLINGWOOD 100
COLDWATER 100
BORDEN 98
LAGOON CITY 107
MUSKOKA 85
LONG POINT 113
HAMILTON 85
TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT 93
TORONTO CITY CENTRE AIRPORT 93
COBOURG 102
POINT PETRE 119
TRENTON 96
KINGSTON 96
PETERBOROUGH 96
GRENADIER ISLAND 83
BROCKVILLE 98
CORNWALL AND VICINITY 95 - 102
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THE OBSERVATIONS AT THE TIME
OF BROADCAST AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL AND FINAL REPORT OF
THE WEATHER EVENTS OR THE HIGH IMPACT EVENTS ATTRIBUTED TO THE
WEATHER EVENTS.
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