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How has tornado forecasting technology changed over time?<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/lite\/story\/9.7270117<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-15 07:35:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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How has tornado forecasting technology changed over time?<\/h2>\n

CBC Explains<\/span>Iman Janmohamed(external link)<\/span> | CBC News | Posted: July 15, 2026 11:30 AM | Last Updated: Just now<\/p>\n

Social media has changed prediction landscape, weather expert says<\/p>\n

Image | Alta-Tornado-20260709<\/p>\n

Caption: A tornado seen at Dillberry Lake Provincial Park, Alta., ripped through the park sending three people to hospital, on July 8, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Handout – Benjamin Hager)<\/p>\n

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Tom Taylor says he used to occasionally phone into Edmonton\u2019s local weather office to report conditions and ask questions, but his call one summer day in 1987 was anything but usual.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt comfortable saying, \u2018Well, is there a tornado in the area?\u2019 And they immediately said, \u2018Why? Have you seen the funnel?\u2019\u201d he told CBC News on Monday as he recounted a day that has become known as Black Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI said, \u2018Yes, and it touched the ground.\u2019 Then they asked me a few more questions and said, \u2018We have to put out a tornado warning.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

After witnessing a twister barrelling towards Edmonton, the Leduc man was among the first to report what became one of the deadliest tornadoes in Canadian history.<\/p>\n

On July 31, 1987, an EF-4 tornado on the enhanced Fujita scale passed through Alberta\u2019s capital, killing 27 people and injuring at least 300 others. The tornado racked up over $600 million in damages, adjusted for inflation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Black Friday was a \u201cwake-up call\u201d for many Canadians when it comes to emergency preparedness and tornado forecasting, says Dave Sills, the director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, a research group based out of Western University in London, Ont.<\/p>\n

But the 1987 tornado isn\u2019t the only destructive tornado in Alberta\u2019s history. A tornado in Pine Lake, Alta., in July 2000 resulted in 12 deaths, and this year\u2019s tornado season in the province has seen double the number of twisters than the year prior. As the science progresses, we’re getting better and better at being able to…
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