Radar, Wind Graphs: Cheap Trick Ottawa Stage Collapse

Jul 18, 2011; 1:02 PM ET

The stage collapsed during a Cheap Trick concert at Ontario Canada’s Bluesfest last night around 8 PM Eastern time, causing some injuries. More information and videos are available in our news story.

Because of the lack of radar and surface weather data in Canada, it’s harder to do a detailed analysis on this storm, but the northern New York State radar (above) showed a strong line of storms overtaking the city of Ottawa around 8:30 PM.

The Ottawa international airport gusted to 60 mph at 7:30 PM as the storms moved through, and it’s likely the city took on some of the strongest winds in the storm, at the tip of the “bow echo” radar signature. Winds at or above 60 mph could have easily caused major damage to the venue.