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Tornadoes roar through southern Manitoba Canadian Press June 23, 2007 at 9:08 AM EDT ELIE, Man. Wild weather hit southern Manitoba Friday night, with reports of at least three tornadoes terrorizing drivers and homeowners, destroying homes and leaving 15 people homeless in one town, along with stripped trees, downed power lines and debris strewn about. There have been sightings all around of tornadoes and funnel clouds, but (the town of) Elie appears to be the hardest hit at this point, said RCMP Cpl. Chris Ballard. In Elie, a town of about 1,100 about 35 kilometres west of Winnipeg, at least four homes were destroyed and several others damaged, said Paul White, an official with the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization. There were no reports of injuries, and everyone was accounted for, but a ground search was under way with dogs to make sure everyone was accounted for. Enlarge Image A tornado touches down near Elie, Manitoba on Friday. At least four homes were destroyed and several others damaged after a tornado hit the small town west of Winnipeg. There were no reports of injuries, but a ground search was underway to make sure everyone was accounted for. (Wayne Hanna/CP) I've been down that street hundreds of times and I took a walk down it after (the tornado), said Ryan Marcotte, who lives in Elie. I covered my mouth. I was in awe. RCMP warned people to stay away from the destruction zone in Elie, where power was shut off Friday night to reduce the risk from the potentially explosive combination of downed power lines and ruptured natural gas pipes. Environment Canada meteorologist David Wray said the weather office received three reports of tornadoes touching down on Friday night one west of Portage La Prairie, another in Elie, and a third in the Carman area. Mr. Wray said they have yet to confirm whether they were tornadoes. He said tornado warnings were issued for Elie and the other areas Friday night. Kyle Picard of St. Eustache, Man., was driving on the Trans-Canada Highway at the time with his children, aged four and eight. They were a little hysterical that the hydro lines were snapping and sparks were flying through the air. The kids were screaming, 'We're going to die!' The storm also damaged several vehicles and tossed semis like toys into the ditch off the Trans-Canada Highway. There were trucks in the middle of the field. There was a semi rolled over in the ditch. The wind just blew it over, said Paul Martens as he described travelling into Elie shortly after the tornado swirled around his own home just outside town. Mr. Marcotte said at first, the tornado that hit Elie wasn't all that big. But after following it around in his car for a while, he said he decided he'd better start warning people to get inside. It picked up and it got real big real fast, said Mr. Marcotte. Debris started flying around and there was real big hail. Then it just disappeared. The sun came out and there was a rainbow. Rob Waldner lives at nearby Hutterite colony. He watched the funnel cloud from beginning to end. It's pretty amazing. It was devastating. It was just a skinny little thing and then it came down and it must have been a quarter mile wide. Unbelievable. Wayne Hanna, who was also driving east on the Trans-Canada, said the tornado did not look like he expected after seeing twisters in movies. It was sort of like a sword on an angle. He watched it cross the highway, then drove quickly past. You could feel the wind. In the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie, about 13 kilometres south of Oakville, a tornado ripped through a farmyard. The house sustained minor damage, according to RCMP, but a Quonset was destroyed and farm machinery was damaged. Adam Pankhurst was returning home from a business trip in Saskatchewan and had just left Portage la Prairie when he saw a funnel cloud forming to the east. He began to take photos of it while driving. As I got closer and closer, everyone was pulling over to the side of the highway. When it was about 100 yards to my right, my car was lifting and shaking, he said. Mr. Pankhurst said he hit the accelerator, but was unable to drive faster than 100 kilometres an hour. It felt like my car was being sucked into it. Mr. Wray said a team from Environment Canada will go to Elie in the next few days to determine whether it was a tornado that caused the damage in the town. Based on the damage or whatever other evidence there is we can tell how big they were or if they actually touched down. We have funnel cloud situations where the funnel will extend a good 75 per cent or 80 per cent of the way down so it will look like a tornado on the ground but in fact it was just a funnel cloud ...

le CB est au dessus de l'est de l'ile, il pleut mais pas d'orage encore.

C'est tres noir chez nous. Une Cellule s'en vient.

on voit très bien l'effet de lac Ontario, les orages arretent presque parfaitement au limite de lac Ontario (Kingston)

L'est de l'Ontario a des orages forts avec pleusieurs signatures de grele. Mais ca ne dirige pas de notre coté.

Il y a présentment une orage qui descend la vallée d'Outaouais qui semble prendre de la force.

Ca develope par dessus ma tete, pluie moderée. Pas d'orage cependant.

Il y a du 70-75 dbz au NO de St-Alexis des Monts. Je pense que l'est de l'ile va etre affecté! :P

Je vois l'orage au nord de Rawdon très bien d'ici. Malheureusement je pense que rien va toucher Montréal aujourd'hui.

Marco, j'aimerais le lien de ta carte s.v.p. Merci

Je suis totallement incompétant avec un marteau, alors j'aurai besoin de l'acheter!!! :P

Est-ce qu'il y a un endroit au Québec pour acheter les abri stevenson? Sinon, en amerique du nord? Merci

Il devrait avoir une autre sujet pour l'astronomie, ca ne rien avoir avec des orages potentiel, ou non. Mais c'est tres interessant pareil!

Il me semble que des orages pourrait arriver aujourd'hui et demain dans le sud-ouest du Quebec? Qu'en pensent les experts?

Ca va surement changer, mais il va etre plus chaud que normale.

Je suis d'accord que la chaleur arrive, mais du 30 à 32, et non du 40. Et oui, ca semble etre pour un bon 10-14 jours.

Je pense que ca va etre mieux demain.

Est-ce que le 2ieme ligne sont des orages ou tout simplement des averses?

Ici beaucoup d'eclairs, et le radar disait forte pluie, mais il n y avait pas, c'est le 1er fois que je vois ca. Erreur de radar?

Les vents commence!

J'utilise GRlevelx en mode d'essaie, et mes images deviens de plus en plus en retard. L'image le plus recent est de 20h37, je ne comprends pas. Est-ce que d'autres personnes ont la meme probleme?

Montréal métropolitain - Laval 20h56 HAE le vendredi 8 juin 2007 une veille d'orages violents pour Montréal métropolitain - Laval est émise Le public de la région concernée doit porter une attention particulière aux conditions météorologiques potentiellement dangereuses et prendre les mesures de sécurité qui s'imposent. Surveillez les mises à jour des bulletins. Veuillez consulter les plus récentes prévisions publiques pour plus de détails et suivez l'évolution de la situation en écoutant vos stations de radio et de télévision locales ou Radiométéo. Déja EC? Wow, il ne dorment pas!!!

Dominic, je pensais la meme chose que toi

Non, le pire est passé, c'est tout.

Le lac Ontario est beaucoup plus froid que le lac Erie, Erie est beaucoup moins profond.