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Picture[edit]

Wow that is something else..Is that taken from Rundle Park?

Yes, just north of the Beverley bridge. Denni ^talk 05:20, 6 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Outbreak?[edit]

Was there a tornado outbreak that day with other (probably weaker) tornadoes in Alberta? I find it strange that an isolated F4/F5 tornado would develop (in a terrible place)... CrazyC83 00:27, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I think there were a couple other weak (F0-F1) tornadoes, but they were in mostly unpopulated farmland, causing little damage. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by RingtailedFox (talk • contribs) 19:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

I had heard that the tornado took out Alberta's last electromechanical telephone switch when it destroyed a CO in the Mill Woods area. Anyone got a citation to back that up? 216.18.90.161 (talk) 21:58, 1 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

removing overly sensational statement re weather office[edit]

I'm removing this line "At one point, the tornado came close to the building that housed the Alberta weather office, where several employees were forced to take cover."

The employees may have taken cover, but the tornado was never all that close to the weather office. See the refs we cite for the tornado's path. The office was at 50th St and about 98 Ave. The tornado crossed Baseline Rd (101 Ave) in Refinery Row between the two railway overpasses just west of 17th St. That's about 2.5 km east of the weather office. Meters (talk) 03:40, 15 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Possible F5[edit]

I can find no reliable sources to support the statement "This tornado has been under scrutiny by Environment Canada in recent years, as to whether or not it could be considered for an F5 rating." The cited source merely says that it "may have briefly raged as an F5." Meters (talk) 22:38, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

A version of this claim seems to have first appeared in the article in 2008, so "recent years" is not appropriate. It was tagged as unsourced at one time, but as I pointed out, the current source is not sufficient. I'll give it a few days, but unless someone provides a reliable source i'm going to remove this. Meters (talk) 22:47, 3 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Map image contains anachronism[edit]

I feel the map used showing the path of the tornado should reflect the layout of Edmonton as it was in July 1987. As such it shouldn't show the southwest leg of Anthony Henday Drive, which was only built a few years ago. 68.146.233.86 (talk) 05:21, 4 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Images[edit]

Have found images of the aftermath of the tornado taken by my grandfather, no images of the tornado it's self unfortunately. I will try to get the uploaded within a week, finally images for the article long over do. Cheers - Kyle1278 (talk) 15:32, 7 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]