Later that evening and the next day, the local television stations (such as
WJBK,
WDIV-TV, and
WXYZ-TV) displayed video and images of
downtown Detroit. The temperatures on July 2 were very high, around , with a heat index close to . After the storm passed, the temperatures dropped to . For the next 6 to 8 hours, there were still thunderstorms rolling and rumbling through, and many people were afraid of further tornadic activity, especially since two-thirds of the City of Windsor were without power until the next morning. Many large trees were felled by the storm's winds as well.
Tecumseh Road viaduct The effects on the
Tecumseh Road viaduct on the west end of
Windsor, Ontario, were quite overwhelming, however. The steel girder viaduct was built in 1944, and was just two lanes, going under the
CN Rail line that leads to the
Michigan Central Railway Tunnel. The storms associated with the tornado outbreak dumped such a large amount of rain and floodwaters, that the viaduct was flooded up to the height of a car's roof, as one automobile was submerged (The driver was unharmed, however). Since this viaduct was a well-known traffic bottleneck (even more so for
transport trucks, since the viaduct was so low, it would peel the roof off their trailers), and would flood with around a foot of water from even a light rain, that it was completely closed, torn down, and rebuilt in August 1998, and finished 2 weeks ahead of schedule, and 2 million dollars under budget. The new underpass is built of
concrete, is four lanes wide, and is designed to handle the largest of transport trucks. == See also ==