Environment Canada says winds reached 155 km/h in destructive Quebec tornado – Winnipeg Free Press
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As Saskatchewan producers are near the end of their seeding operations, many are preparing for in-crop spraying.
Environment Canada says the tornado that hit west of Montreal on Monday generated maximum wind speeds of about 155 kilometres per hour.
Conditions were favourable most of the day Monday for the development of severe thunderstorms, which could have produced tornadoes. All weather watches ended in the region just before 7 p.m.
Maxime Desharnais, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the tornado touched down at around 5:30 p.m. in Rigaud, Que.