June 23rd, 2010 will hence forth be known as "Wacky Wednesday." What a crazy day. The day started early for me as I arrived at our studios for an 8:30am shoot (of the "What's Happening" report) and my day did not end until well after midnight. Now the previous blog entry (below)covers the earthquake that originated out of the National Capital region, but what followed was a very busy night for forecasters and emergency responders across the province. Unlike the Earthquake (which was unpredictable), active weather was expected last night...but I'll be the first to admit that things were a little more active than anticipated.
Shortly after 8pm, Environemnt Canada started issuing watches and warnings for our area, the most serious of which were torando warnings for most of our viewing region including Peterborough (city and county), CKL, Northumberland, Fenelon Falls, Apsley and Woodview. Fortunately our region was spared from any tornadic activity but Midland Ontario, as I'm sure you've now heard, was not so lucky. The warnings were lifted around midnight as the line of storms continued to push east. At one point all of southern Ontario was under what is known as a "red alert." In the end parts of the city saw heavy showers, high winds and around 7,000 residents were left without power for a number of hours. In short...we were lucky.
One odd little statistic I'll leave you with is that only 0.5mm of rain was reported at Peterborough Municipal Airport for June 23rd. That's right, 0.5mm. 16.5mm fell later in the overnight but for Wednesday evening that's it. That will be the official rainfall total recorded by Environment Canada for June 23rd, 2010. Was that all that fell? No. I've heard reports that as much as 40mm of rain was recorded to the north (much of that falling before midnight) and many people across the city reported very heavy downpours that evening. Precipitation can be very isolated during thunderstorms. Just check out the video below shot durning yesterday's storm.
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