Iddesleigh, AB F0 Tornado of July 31, 1987

Medicine Hat - Bow Island - Suffield


Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 12:00 pm MDT, which shows a cold front moving across Alberta. This front became the focus for intense thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening hours of July 31st, which ultimately led to a tornado outbreak.

Eight tornadoes occurred on this day, the other tornadoes were:

Figure 1. Surface analysis at 18Z on July 31, 1987 showing mean sea-level pressure (MSLP) contours, surface observations, fronts and pressure centres (WPC, 2017)

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F0 tornado touched down at 3:45 pm MDT near Iddesleigh, AB. The path and width of the tornado was not documented by ECCC.


Sources

NWS Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Archive. (2017). Surface analysis 18Z Fri Jul 31 1987. Retrieved from: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/sfc/sfc_archive.php

Environment and Climate Change Canada Data. (2018). Canadian National Tornado Database: Verified Events (1980-2009) – Public. Retrieved from: http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/weather/products/canadian-national-tornado-database-verified-events-1980-2009-public/