British Columbia
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108 Mile Ranch (1926) -
Vancouver (1988) Time: afternoon, day of storm unknown; located East side of Vancouver -
Redfish Creek (1988) Location: 70 km ENE of Castlegar -
Cottonwood (1987) -
Salmo (1978) -
Prince George 1 & 2 (1976) Track length: less than 1 mile; location is 5 miles due north of Prince George City centre -
Vancouver (1976) Time: just before noon; estimated damage cost is little; in Grandview district of Vancouver City -
Castlegar (1974) associated dust storm -
Vancouver (1974) weather official called it a "tiny tornado"; lasted about 4 minutes; possibily a large dustdevil -
Duncan (1973) Thunder-like noise made by the tornado Direction: moved in from the south, did a U-turn and disappeared in the south; time: early afternoon -
Prairiedale (1969) Hail nearby -
Ucluelet (1966) Time estimated near noon. -
Castlegar (1965) Noted that this event is similar to the storm in 1974 -
Upper Elk River (1964) Long narrow swath of 90000 acres of flattened marketale timber found. Date unknown, thought to be early summer, possibly june. -
Vancouver (Sea Island) (1962) Unconfirmed reports stated the funnel was 30 feet in diameter, hail was reported in other areas, tornado lasted approx 5 mins Direction : 204° (SW-NE) -
Douglas Lake (1958) Tornado came out of the forest fire. Sent two men to hospital, they later died from their injuries (the sheet lists them as injuries still) Two of the injured people later died, in the sheet still listed as injuries not deaths -
Vancouver (1956) Likely a strong dust devil -
Nanaimo (1954) People heard a terrific noise -
Prince George (1952) Old timer said it was the worst cyclone he had seen in 40 years Time listed as late Monday