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Black Friday remembered, still feared 25 years later

It spent more than an hour on the ground - cutting through and around the east side of Edmonton, but it etched in the minds of thousands an image of fear. They're images that still remain, a quarter century later.
Afternoon of Terror

Despite a week of hot weather and high humidity, nobody could have guessed the nightmarish scenario awaiting Edmontonians that Black Friday twenty-five years ago.

Timeline

At 5:00 a.m. MT on July 31, a forecast of heavy thunderstorms for the Capital Region did little to prepare Edmontonians for the destruction and devastation that lay ahead of them that day.

Tornado's Path

In less than ninety minutes, the tornado of 1987 left a swath of destruction cut across some 40 kilometres of east Edmonton, leaving an indelible mark on Edmontonians to this day.