1987 Black Friday Edmonton tornado

On July 31, 1987, 27 people were killed and hundreds were injured when a powerful tornado tore through the east end of Edmonton and the western edge of Strathcona County, leaving a 37-kilometre path of destruction behind it.

[gracieshepardtothemax]

I now live exactly where this tornado touched down. I was 3 km from where it was. I was 6 years old. I remember hiding under a mattress in the basement! Terrified

[trevorsauer]

I was not born when this happened but I imagine it being horrifying

[kyky]

My grandfather was in this tornado. Thankfully it missed him

[jasonbrown]

We met the Farmer who 1st noticed the tornado at his garage sale in Leduc. He took pictures of it as it was forming, it was incredible to see. The irony of it was the garage sale was on the anniversary date - July 31, and we happen to ask him where it started, he said "Right here".

[OfficerJason]

At that tornado... It was 2 hours of terror

[rengonzalez]

Tornando warning in calgary today brought me here. Hope Alberta never sees anything like that again

[patriciabeaulac]

I was hunkered down at Hill Security Van Lines. 17 st. and Sherwood Park Freeway. Just across the street from Byers Transport. What a day. Watching this video has given me goose bumps.

[dpflack]

Hey 👋 there Dude May those 27 people Rest In Peace 😢😭😭

[valerieteahan-tebby]

I will never forget. My children young us all afraid. We were in the middle of it all

[bptoohigh]

I remember that day well😢I was in Millwoods, heading home. Heard the Air Raid sirens going off😳😵‍💫 Found shelter, at the mall, right by my house. I wasn’t in the tornadoes path, but I could see it off in the distance…and watched all the vehicles, out in the parking lot…promptly, get dented, and their windows get caved in…by golf ball sized hail. This was the first time, that I’ve ever heard, or seen anything about tornadoes, in Alberta. There’s been quite a few since then, but nothing comparable, to that day❤️🇨🇦

[keeshahirsekorn]

My mom was going back home along 17th street she uses the sherwood park freeway, she had to get her tires pressurized and they told her to stay it was somewhere in sherwood park near WYE road

[sta]

Dude I searched up Black Friday Edmonton and this popped up.

So cool to know about this

[charitychurch]

My dad lived on whyite ave hes born on 1970 and lived to servive
He was 17 when it happened

[dpflack]

I hope 🤞 some people are ok 👌 during the tornado 🌪 warning ⚠️ on Black Friday. May 27 people who died during the Black Friday tornado Rest In Peace

[brad]

I was only 15 when it came it came to my town

[DSEGTeamGaming]

I experienced this when I was a kid, I remember the hail stones as big as softballs, and the day turned to night in an instant, and it was a Friday, that's why we call it black friday, it was an F4 and destroyed the Sherwood trailer park park area, I was about 7 or 8 years old when this happened. I literally seen this with my own eyes, it was scary.

[uriah]

So happy it didn’t hit west Edmonton mall

[KitbasherFNofficial]

There was a risk of tornado yesterday in Mississauga

[TackleTheDog]

poor Edmonton. its built up again as if it never happened. also it was black friday. maybe the tornado wanted to see the amazing deals going on

[sylvialupehernandez]

Im sorry to those somehow or another were affected by this tornado 🌪️. It's been 36 year's, but the pain never subsides. I remember 1987, I remember great Britain had a horrible wind and rain storm that October 1987, and I lived in Southern California at that time, Ontario CALIFORNIA, to you all in Canada there is an Ontario CALIFORNIA, I felt a major quake here later that year on 10/1/87, 8 people died in that quake it was called the Whittier narrows quake, so I know it was a year of tragic natural disasters. To Edmonton I'm sorry.