The province sees 12-13/year but there are always the outlier years that far exceed that number. When the storm came close to the Greater Toronto Area, a tornado warning was issued, but the storm changed its characteristics. Wind gusts of well over 100 km/h (62 mph) blew through this densely populated centre. That was accompanied by golf ball sized hail, but really the main event was the heavy rain flooding many parts of the city.

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