AWCN16 CWWG 192246 SUMMARY WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3:46 PM MST SUNDAY 19 DECEMBER 2004. ..SEVERE WIND EVENT CAUSES SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE THROUGH CENTRAL ALBERTA.. ..ONE FATALITY REPORTED WEST OF EDMONTON.. POWERFUL WINDS FROM A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS AND RARE DECEMBER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED WEST OF EDSON LATE THIS MORNING AND ROARED EASTWARD ACROSS CENTRAL ALBERTA TODAY PRODUCING NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGE AND AT LEAST ONE FATALITY. THERE WERE WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OF 95 KM/H OR MORE WITH A PEAK GUST OF 117 KM/H REPORTED AT VIOLET GROVE SOUTHWEST OF EDMONTON. THE WINDS CAUSED NUMEROUS DAMAGE REPORTS IN AND AROUND EDMONTON INCLUDING SHINGLES OFF ROOFS, SMALL PLANES FLIPPED OVER, RADIO TOWER DOWN, AND POWER OUTAGES. IN ADDITION A FATALITY WAS REPORTED IN STONY PLAIN WEST OF EDMONTON WHEN WIND BLOWN DEBRIS FLEW THROUGH A COFFEE SHOP WINDOW. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WERE AS STRONG AS 130 TO 140 KM/H AS THE BAND OF SHOWERS MOVED THROUGH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME LOCALITIES NORTHWEST OF EDMONTON MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME OF THESE WINDS BASED ON INITIAL DAMAGE REPORTS. SOME DAMAGE REPORTS RECEIVED SO FAR WITH THIS EVENT.. ..MAYERTHORPE /NORTHWEST OF EDMONTON/...60 FOOT RADIO TOWER BENT IN HALF, SHINGLES OFF ROOFS, POWER OUTAGES.. EVENT OCCURRED AROUND 11:30 AM. WIND GUSTS TO 130 KM/H ESTIMATED ..VILLENEUVE /WEST OF EDMONTON/...SMALL PLANES FLIPPED OVER AT AIRPORT ..MORINVILLE /NORTH OF EDMONTON/...ROOF RIPPED OFF MAINTENANCE STRUCTURE, SHINGLES OFF, POWER OUTAGES ..BARRHEAD...FARM STRUCTURE DAMAGED ..BON ACCORD /NORTH OF EDMONTON/... TREE LIMBS DOWN..ROOF PIECES OFF SOME WIND REPORTS WITH THIS EVENT INCLUDED.. LOCALITY............PEAK WIND.....TIME EDSON............... 95 KM/H ....... 10:58 AM WHITECOURT...... 95 KM/H ....... 10:52 AM BARRHEAD.......... 91 KM/H ....... 11:41 AM VIOLET GROVE..... 117 KM/H ...... 11:52 AM STONY PLAIN....... 91 KM/H ...... 12:11 PM EDMONTON CITY.... 95 KM/H .... 12:16 PM EDMONTON NAMAO.. 83 KM/H ... 12:16 PM EDMONTON INTL... 100 KM/H ..... 12:33 PM HIGHVALE............ 107 KM/H ..... 12:51 PM CAMROSE............ 91 KM/H ...... 12:59 PM