Windsor - Tecumseh, Ontario Tornado of 1946

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The Windsor-Tecumseh Tornado of 1946 was the most powerful tornado to hit Windsor, Ontario, being an F4 in strength, touching down on June 17 of that year. The tornado touched down near River Rouge, Michigan, but crossed the river and cut across southern Windsor, Ontario and northern Sandwich West Township, Ontario (Now the Municipality of LaSalle, Ontario). It also cut across Highway 3 before weakening somewhat. The storm then touched down as an F4 again at the modern-day intersection of Walker Road and Grand Marais Road, near the center of the city. The tornado took a northeastward path, cutting through farmland and forest, an area with few housing subdivisisons (at the time), before tearing through the northwest part of the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario and dissipating over Lake St. Clair. After the tornado, looting broke out across the city, but civility and order were quickly restored by the police. Many accounts of the tornado were told over the radio, and the Ontario Provincial Government even explained the conditions that are favourable for tornado development. The tornado knocked out power to most of the city for about a day.

It was also just half a mile from the same spot the Windsor Tornado of 1974 touched down.