Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Tornado

This was officially rated a "Strong F4" by Environment Canada but probably was an F5. Occurred on July 31, 1987. This spectacular tornado was among the first to be captured in detail by multiple home video camcorders. It moved due north from about 5 S of the Edmonton city limits. There were 27 deaths. 15 of them at a trailer park (a North American record for trailer parks). The previous Canadian record for deaths was 28 on 6/20/1912, at Regina, Saskatchewan. The photographers are unknown.

The first part (with the '48' in the lower left-hand corner) was captured from a DVD I have and the other shots were captured from a VHS tape I have. They weren't ripped from a website or from here on YouTube.

As a personal note; please be mature in your comments. I usually don't care what people say even if it's stupid. Comments degrading any country or just general 'making fun of' are unacceptable and they will be removed. You've been warned.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Tornado
• F5
• Multiple
• Vortex
• Vorticy
• Mile
• Wide
• Storm
• Wind
• Destruction
• Debris

[cpae132]

When was this tornado

[cbehr91]

@cpae132 July 31, 1987. It's in the video description.

[espositoaaron23]

does that guy have an asian accent?

[cbehr91]

@espositoaaron23 Does it really matter?

[thedudedude56]

its a cloud my ass is a cloud on steroids tearing up edmonton

[garycalgary]

I still remember a woman at the trailer park saying she lost her son 7 months ago and then this.

The night before Grande Prairie also had severe weather I remember the thunderstorms shaking the house

[garycalgary]

@thedudedude56 haha funny comment til the tornado comes to your house ruins everything you have and kills your family

hahaha

[xj1ggy]

This clip was taped from 3516 10 Ave. Google Street View will show you the correct position if you search for 3539 10 Ave.

[ej1mshan]

I was working just behind the Grand Hotel when this was happening. I remember on the commute home how still everything was at 4:30pm that Friday afternoon

[damienjrt]

I remember that day like it was yesterday. I was ten and living in a small town west of edmonton, Stony Plain. I cried the day before watching the sky to the south, clouds rolling all green blue red and black. Scary shite i gotta say. Ever since then tornadoes have been my life and i love chasing em.

[RidingBesideMe]

RIP folks who died on Black Friday. I'm pretty sure one was my friend's uncle, oye. We'll miss you guys always. Edmontonians immortal.

[oldschoolmusicdj]

The distruction was simply a nightmare I wasn't waking up from. Driving on Sherwood Park Freeway half hour after, was visually a war zone. Vehicles were scattered, and completly demolished in ditches and beyond. Nothing was left of buildings, or of anything in this industrial area. Even giant oil tanks were dented and smashed. Had appointment at a bank nearby. Wore a construction hardhat, as baseball size hail slammed me, as I made my way from my car. At the time I was unaware of the tornado.

[mesedrew]

@spongersurfer Nice Ontario Accent impression The rural folk actually sound like that there.

[mesedrew]

@lilbitch873 You either don't remeber or you were busy somewhere else, Many people don't relize you can't always see the tornado, alot times in Alberta they become rain wrapped., you coulda been looking at a severe storm and see a wall of rain but behind it a tornado. Edmontons general area has been hit several times scince then and before then too. My mom remebers one that hit in 1972 on a farm on the outskirts then where west ed mall is now.

[mesedrew]

@peeknocker Yeah uncommon for twisters of this magnitude near calgary scince you guys are near the rockies, but Edmonton is on the plains and so is most of Alberta, we have major tornadoes like this hit rural parts every year, doesn't hit much, but the cities are growing thus becomming a bigger target. Edmonton has been side swiped several times by tornadoes scince then. in july of 2000 edmonton had a night of the region slammed by nocturnal tornadic supercells. Many more over the years.