Montreal waterspout july 23, 2008

[Eric Tourangeau]

Hi!

I have filmed a waterspout (or tornado) here in Montreal 2 days ago. It's not clear if it was a waterspout or a tornado, but anyway, it was over St.Laurent River. A waterspout anyway is less frequent than a tornado in Quebec. It was awsome to be able to film the twister AND the olympic stadium at the same time!

I have filmed the full life of the tornado. Here is just an clip extracted from the full video, for the news.

http://www.tagtele.com/videos/voir/23125/1/

 

[Bill Hark]

Eric, that's very impressive footage. Great catch!!! From other videos, it does appear to be a waterspout. I think it is probably a tornadic waterspout but I have no radar or other data. Were you chasing or did you film it by accident? Was severe weather predicted? I would have enjoyed seeing a waterspout when I visited Montreal a few years ago.

Bill Hark

 

[Eric Tourangeau]

Thanks!

Well, In the last 2 months, I have drove thousand of miles while stormchasing and I think I have seen only one little funnel cloud.... and it's in front of the window of my office that I finaly see a waterspout touchdown! ahah Pure luck, here... with help of my knowledge of cb because there was big cloud structures building and something that has the look of a rotating wall cloud... so, I began to film it. And the funnel has appeared 3 or 4 minutes later.

A tornadic waterspout seems to be right. I think it's very possible.

And guess what... no radar!! The Mcgill Radar for Montreal is down for repair...

8 minutes later, another "waterspout" has touched down 40 miles away, north of Montreal, in Lanoraie. It is very, very unusual for Quebec to have 2 tornadoes or waterspouts on the ground at the same time at to different places. And the Lanoraie waterspout has a big, very big wall cloud and was very violent for a waterspout.

Here's the video of the event in Lanoraie:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9hLGHfN_2m8

One of the most famous meteorologist here in Montreal has said that in 30 years of carreer, he has never seen of heard about a waterpout like that near Montreal.

 

[Eric Tourangeau]

Hi! 2 years later, I can now show you the full clip of the Montreal tornado with a better resolution.

Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/natureinsolite

Look for the clip "Tornade à Montréal".

I suggest you also the clip "Tornade inusitée à Lachenaie". Very weird.