Other Severe Storms Related To The Heat Wave
After an initial cool down period following the mid-July storms, the intense heat built-up again over the Great Lakes region toward the end of July, sparking another series of severe storms, mostly in Canada. Although winds were not as widespread as on the July 17th events, severe tornado-producing storms fired: July 31 in Eastern Ontario, August 1 in southern Quebec from the upper Laurentians to the Eastern Townships and on August 2 from eastern Michigan to southeastern Ontario. On these three days, the meteorological conditions were quite similar to July 17. However, damage was more localized, and on August 2 it was associated with a more classic cold front passage. Nonetheless, there were several dozen tornadoes reported (a record 17 in Ontario alone on August 2 — breaking the single day record (14) for the province in 1985), mostly F0-F2 in strength, and contained within supercells that struck the central south cottage country part of that province. Property insurance claims in Ontario from that storm topped $500,000,000 CAD.
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