Likely a gust front
Posted May 4, 2012 12:28:43 PM.
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It was likely a “gust front” and not a tornado that many people witnessed in Waterloo Region during Thursday night’s storm.
That from an Environment Canada official.
“That’s not unusual in a thunderstorm. The down draft from a thunderstorm typically spreads out ahead of the storm and can cause a lot of strange looking visual phenomenon’s that can resemble tornadoes.” said Warning Preparedness Meteorologist, Peter Kimbell.
The powerful wind also knocked down some tree limbs and even blew a fence down in Kitchener.
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