On the evening of Tuesday, August 7, 1979, at least three tornadoes touched down in southwestern Ontario, devastating scores of farms and homes in the Woodstock area. The southern end of that city suffered some of the most intense destruction along with several other nearby towns in Oxford County. Two people died, 142 were injured, and hundreds of homes suffered significant damage. Overall monetary losses totaled an approximate $100 million in 1979 Canadian dollars.
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| - On the evening of Tuesday, August 7, 1979, at least three tornadoes touched down in southwestern Ontario, devastating scores of farms and homes in the Woodstock area. The southern end of that city suffered some of the most intense destruction along with several other nearby towns in Oxford County. Two people died, 142 were injured, and hundreds of homes suffered significant damage. Overall monetary losses totaled an approximate $100 million in 1979 Canadian dollars. (en)
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- Ambulance
- Mennonite
- Zorra, Ontario
- Tornadoes in Ontario
- United States
- Outflow boundary
- Woodstock, Ontario
- Tornado outbreak
- Environment Canada
- Tornadoes in Canada by date
- 1979 in Ontario
- August 1979 events in Canada
- History of Oxford County, Ontario
- Tornadoes of 1979
- London, Ontario
- Simcoe, Ontario
- Fujita scale
- 1946 Windsor-Tecumseh, Ontario tornado
- 1953 Sarnia tornado
- Bruce Peninsula
- Tillsonburg
- Tornado
- Wiarton, Ontario
- Airmass
- Norfolk County, Ontario
- Northeastern Ontario
- Norwich, Ontario
- Oxford County, Ontario
- Supercell
- Recession
- Atmospheric convection
- Tara, Ontario
- County
- St. Thomas, Ontario
- Edmonton Tornado
- East Zorra-Tavistock, Ontario
- Kitchener, Ontario
- Midwestern United States
- Ontario
- Severe weather
- Woodstock, Ontario
- Satellite tornado
- Surface weather analysis
- Front (meteorology)
- The "Barrie" Tornado Outbreak of 1985
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| - A map of the tornado outbreak's tornado tracks (en)
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| - On the evening of Tuesday, August 7, 1979, at least three tornadoes touched down in southwestern Ontario, devastating scores of farms and homes in the Woodstock area. The southern end of that city suffered some of the most intense destruction along with several other nearby towns in Oxford County. Two people died, 142 were injured, and hundreds of homes suffered significant damage. Overall monetary losses totaled an approximate $100 million in 1979 Canadian dollars. (en)
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