Blog Posts By NTP , June 05, 2026Details on the three southern Manitoba tornadoes from the storms on June 2 By NTP , June 01, 2026The NTP has confirmed Quebec's first recorded tornado of 2026 in the Saguenay Region on May 25 By NTP , May 28, 2026The NTP has confirmed a third tornado related to the storms of May 19 in southwestern Ontario By NTP , May 25, 2026The NTP has confirmed three more Alberta landspout tornadoes near Red Deer over May 17-19 By NTP , May 25, 2026The NTP confirms that four EF0 downbursts occurred in the Mattawa, ON and Huntsville, ON areas with the storms of May 18 By NTP , May 24, 2026The NTP has confirmed two tornadoes and a downburst associated with the storms on May 19 in the London, ON area By NTP , May 23, 2026The NTP has confirmed the first recorded tornado in Saskatchewan in 2026 By NTP , May 19, 2026The NTP has confirmed seven landspout tornadoes over 2 days in southern Alberta By NTP , May 12, 2026The NTP has confirmed that a May 9 storm in the Lucan, ON area produced an EF0 microburst and an EF0 tornado By NTP , March 09, 2026By NTP , November 24, 2025The NTP has confirmed six additional Prairie tornadoes with four of those based on AI-assisted satellite review By NTP , November 12, 2025The NTP has confirmed an additional 11 tornadoes in Ontario based on AI-assisted satellite review By NTP , October 27, 2025The NTP has confirmed nine new QC tornadoes for 2025 based on AI-assisted satellite review By NTP , October 27, 2025The NTP has confirmed a tornado over water (waterspout) that was reported off the coast of Nova Scotia on October 25 By NTP , October 25, 2025The NTP has confirmed a tornado over water (waterspout) on Lake Huron near Bayfield, ON on Oct 24 By NTP , October 23, 2025The NTP has confirmed five tornadoes over water (waterspouts) over Lake Erie near Long Point, ON on October 21 By NTP , October 06, 2025CSSL/NTP assists NWS with rating historic EF5 tornado at Enderlin, North Dakota in June of 2025 By NTP , October 03, 2025First batch of 5 NTP-confirmed tornadoes based on AI-assisted satellite review, all in Northern Ontario By NTP , October 03, 2025A new NTP tool for AI-assisted satellite review is described by its developer, PhD candidate Daniel Butt By NTP , October 02, 2025The NTP has confirmed three new EF1 tornadoes from earlier in the season in Quebec By NTP , October 01, 2025Tornado update for Northern Ontario - three new tornadoes and a downburst rating upgrade By NTP , September 30, 2025The NTP has confirmed four EF2 tornadoes in western Quebec on September 5 By NTP , September 08, 2025The NTP has confirmed an additional tornado for MB from July based on witness reports By NTP , September 08, 2025The NTP has confirmed an additional three tornadoes for SK from July and August based on witness reports By NTP , September 08, 2025The NTP has confirmed an additional two tornadoes in AB from June and August based on satellite imagery review By NTP , September 08, 2025The NTP has confirmed an additional 4 tornadoes from June based on satellite imagery review By NTP , September 02, 2025The NTP has confirmed three tornadoes over Lake Erie that occurred on August 28 By NTP , August 30, 2025The NTP has confirmed three June EF0 tornadoes in southern Alberta By NTP , August 28, 2025The NTP has confirmed an EF1 downburst in the Brooks, AB area with the long-lived wind/hail storm on August 20 By NTP , August 28, 2025The NTP is confirming multiple wind events, including one tornado, from a long-lived storm cluster that affected central SK on Aug 20 By NTP , August 25, 2025The NTP has confirmed an additional 4 waterspouts on the Canadian sides of the Great Lakes in August By NTP , August 25, 2025The NTP has confirmed three EF2 tornadoes in northeastern Ontario on July 12 August 24, 2025 The NTP has confirmed a trio of tornadoes over water on Lake Erie on August 23 By NTP , August 20, 2025The NTP has confirmed that an EF0 microburst caused damage in southwestern Ontario on August 17 By NTP , August 08, 2025The NTP has confirmed Ontario's first EF2 tornado of the year in NW ON on July 27 By NTP , August 08, 2025The NTP has confirmed three weak tornadoes in southern MB from storms on August 5 and 6 By NTP , August 04, 2025The NTP has confirmed a tornado that occurred near Hardisty AB on Aug 3 By NTP , July 29, 2025The NTP has confirmed two downbursts that occurred near Mont-Laurier, QC on July 24 By NTP , July 28, 2025The NTP has confirmed three tornadoes that occurred in the Goderich, ON area on July 26 By NTP , July 27, 2025The NTP has confirmed that a downburst causing damage rated up to EF1 occurred at Mitchell, ON on July 24 By NTP , July 23, 2025The NTP has confirmed an EF1 tornado west of Red Deer, AB on July 9 By NTP , July 11, 2025NTP has determined that three additional late-June tornadoes occurred in southern SK By NTP , July 10, 2025Details on the June 19 tornado outbreak in SK are now available following extensive NTP analysis By NTP , July 04, 2025Canada's first recorded EF2 tornado of 2025 at Lodgepole AB on July 2 By NTP , July 02, 2025A tornado that occurred just south of Lucan, ON on June 30 caused minor damage rated at EF0 By NTP , June 22, 2025The NTP has confirmed two weak tornadoes in QC that occurred on June 19 By NTP , June 16, 2025Two weak tornadoes have been confirmed from June 13 and 14 in SK By NTP , June 11, 2025The NTP has confirmed the first and second recorded tornadoes of the 2025 season in SK By NTP , May 29, 2025The NTP has confirmed two EF1 tornadoes that occurred NE of Edmonton, AB on May 26 By NTP , May 22, 2025The NTP has confirmed a landspout-type tornado on May 21 in the BC Interior By NTP , May 21, 2025Ontario's first tornado of the season was an EF0 near Woodstock in the early morning hours of May 16 By NTP , May 18, 2025The NTP has confirmed following a damage survey that an EF0 downburst occurred near Chatham, ON By NTP , May 16, 2025The NTP has confirmed a tornado in southern Manitoba, southwest of Winnipeg, from the storms on May 15 By NTP , May 04, 2025The NTP has confirmed that the first recorded Québec tornado of 2025 occurred in Saint-Zénon on April 29 By NTP , May 01, 2025A weak landspout is Manitoba's first recorded tornado of the 2025 season By NTP , April 13, 2025The NTP has confirmed that a weak tornado occurred at Rolling Hills, AB on April 12 By NTP , April 03, 2025The first damage survey of the 2025 season turned up an EF0 microburst near Lucan, ON By NTP , March 31, 2025This report describes the NTP's tornado warning performance assessment for tornadoes during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. By NTP , January 16, 2025Eleven pre-2024 tornadoes were found by NTP during systematic satellite review By NTP , January 10, 2025Big update to 2024 tornadoes - 16 new tornadoes bringing total to 129 By NTP , November 12, 2024The NTP has confirmed a late-season tornado in the Fergus area of Southern Ontario on Nov 10 By NTP , November 08, 2024The NTP has confirmed a third late-season tornado in New Brunswick on November 1 By NTP , November 08, 2024The NTP has confirmed a second late-season tornado in New Brunswick on November 1 By NTP , November 08, 2024The NTP has confirmed a late-season tornado that occurred in southwest New Brunswick on November 1. By NTP , November 06, 2024The NTP has confirmed a weak late-season tornado NW of Vancouver, BC on Nov 4 By NTP , October 15, 2024NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of a tornado over water (waterspout) at Lake Ontario on Oct 13 By NTP , October 11, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed that a tornado over water occurred off PEI on Oct 10 By NTP , October 11, 2024NTP investigation has led to six tornadoes being confirmed in NE ON from the storms of Jun 29 By NTP , October 03, 2024NTP investigations have led to confirmations for six more tornadoes and a downburst cluster in Northern Ontario By NTP , September 30, 2024NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of two EF0 tornadoes near Trois-Rivières, QC on Sep 26 By NTP , September 23, 2024NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of two late-season tornadoes in southeast SK on Sep 18 By NTP , September 12, 2024NTP investigation has determined that an EF0 tornado occurred at Niagara Falls, ON on September 9 By NTP , September 10, 2024The NTP has confirmed two more tornadoes near Thunder Bay, ON from the storms on August 31 By NTP , September 09, 2024NTP investigation has determined that an EF2 tornado occurred in SW ON on August 17 (UPDATED) By NTP , September 04, 2024The NTP has confirmed a tornado that occurred in Northern Ontario west of Thunder Bay on August 31 By NTP , September 04, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed four downbursts amid a long track of damage in SK/MB on Aug 25 By NTP , August 30, 2024An NTP investigation has determined that an EF1 tornado occurred in southern SK on August 24 By NTP , August 28, 2024The NTP has confirmed a waterspout that occurred in BC's southern interior on August 27 By NTP , August 27, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed a weak tornado near La Rivière, MB on July 20 By NTP , August 27, 2024The NTP has confirmed three waterspouts in QC and NS from Aug 23 and 25 By NTP , August 21, 2024The NTP has confirmed the occurrence of two waterspouts in Ontario and two waterspouts in Nova Scotia in August By NTP , August 15, 2024NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of an EF1 downburst at Tilley, AB on August 5 By NTP , August 13, 2024The NTP has confirmed four waterspouts in Ontario on August 10 and 11 By NTP , August 12, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed that the August 5-6 storms in southwestern ON brought tornadoes and downbursts By NTP , August 09, 2024NTP investigations have confirmed three downbursts in QC on August 3 By NTP , August 08, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed two more ON tornadoes in eastern Niagara Region on August 5 By NTP , August 07, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed a damaging tornado at Fort Erie, ON on August 5 By NTP , August 03, 2024NTP investigation has documented a long path of EF0 downburst damage through Legal, AB on July 31 By NTP , July 31, 2024NTP has confirmed that a tornado (over water) occurred over Lake Huron near Little Current, ON on July 30 By NTP , July 29, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed an EF1 tornado in eastern ON on July 24 By NTP , July 29, 2024NTP has determined that a fourth tornado and a downburst occurred in southern QC on July 24 By NTP , July 27, 2024NTP investigation has resulted in three tornadoes being confirmed associated with the July 24 storms in Quebec By NTP , July 26, 2024The Michael Newark Digitized Tornado Archive officially launched by NTP and Western Libraries on July 25 By NTP , July 24, 2024The NTP has confirmed two weak tornadoes in SK, one on July 20 and one on July 21 By NTP , July 19, 2024NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of a tornado at Chicoutimi, QC on July 17 By NTP , July 19, 2024Some updates from NTP's continuing investigation of the 21 May 2022 ON-QC derecho By NTP , July 19, 2024The NTP has confirmed that a weak tornado occurred at Biggar, SK on July 11 By NTP , July 15, 2024The NTP has confirmed two Tornado (over water) events - in ON and QC By NTP , July 13, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed that two EF0 tornadoes occurred in London, ON on July 10 By NTP , July 12, 2024NTP investigation has determined that five more weak tornadoes occurred in south-central SK on June 23, as well as three downbursts By NTP , July 12, 2024The NTP has confirmed a weak tornado at Woodlands, MB on July 4 By NTP , July 12, 2024NTP investigation has determined that five weak tornadoes occurred in southern SK on July 1 By NTP , July 10, 2024NTP investigation has concluded that two EF0 tornadoes occurred in NB on June 30 By NTP , July 10, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed two EF1 tornadoes in NW ON on June 24 By NTP , July 09, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed the occurrence of an EF0 tornado at Melancthon, ON on June 22 By NTP , June 28, 2024The NTP has confirmed a waterspout in ON on June 26 and a waterspout in QC on June 27 By NTP , June 28, 2024NTP has confirmed a sixth tornado associated with the storms of June 13, this one crossing the ON-QC border By NTP , June 26, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed a landspout tornado near Chatham, ON on June 20 By NTP , June 26, 2024NTP has confirmed two tornadoes that occurred in SK on June 23 By NTP , June 25, 2024NTP investigation confirms an EF0 tornado at Deep River, ON on June 23 By NTP , June 23, 2024NTP has confirmed that an EF0 tornado occurred at Canadian Forces Base Borden near Borden, ON on June 22 By NTP , June 21, 2024NTP has confirmed five tornadoes with June 13 storms in western QC By NTP , June 18, 2024NTP investigation has concluded that six tornadoes occurred in southern SK / MB on June 12 By NTP , June 17, 2024An NTP investigation has confirmed an EF1 downburst at Owen Sound, ON on June 13 By NTP , June 11, 2024An NTP investigation has found evidence of EF2 damage with a tornado in NW Ontario on June 4 By NTP , June 10, 2024An EF0 tornado at Spencerville, ON on June 6 has been confirmed by the NTP By NTP , June 06, 2024An NTP investigation has confirmed that there 5 separate tornadoes spawned by the storms of June 3 in AB By NTP , June 04, 2024NTP investigations have confirmed mid-May landspout tornadoes at Clear Lake and Three Hills, AB By NTP , May 30, 2024NTP investigation has confirmed that a tornado occurred at Albuna, ON By NTP , May 30, 2024An NTP investigation has confirmed the first QC tornado of 2024 at Rigaud By NTP , May 15, 2024The NTP has completed remote investigations for several new non-tornadic events that occurred May 7-13 By NTP , May 14, 2024The NTP has confirmed a May 13 microburst at Rothsay, ON By NTP , May 13, 2024Simple instructions for getting an account for NTP's Advanced Dashboard By NTP , May 10, 2024The NTP has created an Advanced Dashboard for viewing and analyzing historical Canadian tornado data By NTP , May 09, 2024The NTP has created a new 1991-2020 Canadian tornado database from which a new 30-year climatology derives By NTP , May 08, 2024The NTP has revised the 1980-2009 Canadian tornado database, substantially increasing the number of events and the quality of documentation By NTP , May 08, 2024The NTP has completed work on both a new 1980-2023 tornado data set and a new Advanced Dashboard to view the data By NTP , May 07, 2024Due to the low number of EF2+ tornadoes in 2023, there will be no Tornado Warning Report Card this year By NTP , May 01, 2024The first Alberta tornado recorded in 2024 occurred near Airdrie on the afternoon of April 29th.
By NTP , April 15, 2024The first Canadian tornado of 2024 hit Malden Centre, ON on March 16 By NTP , April 01, 2024The NTP has made a number of minor revisions to the Canadian implementation of the EF scale. By NTP , January 26, 2024NTP has released its 2023 Annual Report By NTP , January 26, 2024More new tornadoes from the 2023 satellite review, from 2017 to 2022 By NTP , December 22, 2023An extensive NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of a fire-generated tornado in southwest British Columbia By NTP , December 14, 2023Following thorough hi-res satellite review, three more tornadoes have been confirmed for Alberta in 2023 By NTP , December 11, 2023Following thorough hi-res satellite review, two more tornadoes have been confirmed for Ontario in 2023 By NTP , November 20, 2023Following thorough hi-res satellite review, four more tornadoes have been confirmed for Quebec in 2023 By NTP , November 17, 2023The Northern Tornadoes Project and Northern Hail Project are now hiring summer interns, allowing for some exciting opportunities for undergraduate students and senior high school students in 2024. By NTP , October 10, 2023NTP investigation of a waterspout report from Georgian Bay on Oct 7 resulted in a tornado confirmation By NTP , September 18, 2023NTP has confirmed three tornadoes over water in southern ON from Sep 17 and 18 By NTP , September 15, 2023NTP investigation has concluded that three more tornadoes occurred on Jun 26 in southern ON By NTP , September 09, 2023NTP investigation has resulted in a confirmed EF0 downburst at Udney ON on Sep6 By NTP , September 09, 2023NTP investigations have confirmed downbursts in southern MB from storms on Aug 24 and Aug 31 By NTP , August 31, 2023Further NTP investigation has resulted in updates to the event information for the Windsor EF0 tornado of Aug 24 By NTP , August 31, 2023NTP investigation has resulted in an update to the Tecumseh tornado and a new tornado near Cottam ON on Aug 24 By NTP , August 28, 2023NTP investigation has confirmed a tornado over Lake Erie near Turkey Point on Aug 26 By NTP , August 27, 2023An NTP investigation has concluded that an EF1 tornado hit Tecumseh, ON on Aug 24 By NTP , August 26, 2023An NTP investigation has concluded that an EF0 tornado hit Windsor, ON on Aug 24 By NTP , August 26, 2023NTP investigation has confirmed two tornadoes on the Newfoundland coast on Aug 24 By NTP , August 26, 2023NTP investigation has concluded that a downburst hit Chatham, ON on Aug 24 By NTP , August 26, 2023NTP investigation has confirmed a downburst in SW ON from Aug 23 By NTP , August 26, 2023An NTP investigation identified downburst damage SE of Winnipeg from a storm on Aug 24 By NTP , August 14, 2023NTP investigation has concluded that a tornado occurred near Sudbury, ON on Aug 12 By NTP , August 12, 2023An NTP investigation has determined that a tornado caused EF0 tree damage near Caledonia, ON on Aug 12 By NTP , August 11, 2023NTP investigation has resulted in 3 new tornadoes, and one upgrade, in NW ON on July 9 By NTP , August 11, 2023NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of an additional tornado in southern ON on Aug 3 By NTP , August 09, 2023NTP investigations have concluded that a tornado and two downbursts occurred in southern Ontario with the storms on Aug 3 By NTP , August 09, 2023NTP investigations have led to the confirmation of tornadoes in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia on Aug 2 By NTP , August 09, 2023NTP investigations have resulted in an additional three tornadoes in Quebec between Jul 13 and Aug 2 By NTP , July 29, 2023NTP investigations have concluded that a tornado and a downburst occurred in southern Manitoba on July 26 By NTP , July 28, 2023An NTP investigation has concluded that a tornado and a downburst caused the reported damage in SW ON on July 26 By NTP , July 25, 2023NTP investigations have concluded that tornadoes (over water) occurred near North Bay, ON and near Youghall Beach, NB By NTP , July 24, 2023NTP investigations have concluded that the storms that affected SW ON on July 20th produced 2 tornadoes and 4 downbursts By NTP , July 21, 2023NTP investigations have been able to confirm that two EF0-Default tornadoes occurred in Alberta By NTP , July 21, 2023NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of a tornado and a microburst in southern Quebec from the storms on July 18 By NTP , July 19, 2023NTP investigations have determined that two more tornadoes occurred in Ontario on July 13 By NTP , July 19, 2023NTP investigations have been able to confirm a number of new events in Quebec from the July 13th storms By NTP , July 17, 2023An NTP investigation has led to three microbursts being confirmed in SW Ontario By NTP , July 15, 2023An NTP investigation has concluded that two tornadoes occurred in Ottawa, ON, and another tornado was confirmed at Mirabel, QC By NTP , July 13, 2023Preliminary investigation of the storms of July 9th in NW Ontario find at least one tornado By NTP , July 04, 2023NTP investigation has resulted in the powerful Didsbury AB tornado being rated EF4 By NTP , July 02, 2023NTP investigations, in collaboration with Environment Canada, have confirmed that three weak tornadoes occurred in Manitoba By NTP , June 29, 2023An NTP investigation has concluded that two EF0 tornadoes occurred at Tweed on June 26th June 28, 2023 An NTP investigation has concluded that an EF0 tornado By NTP , June 27, 2023NTP investigations have led to the confirmation of two EF0 tornadoes in Windsor from June 25th By NTP , June 26, 2023NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of another EF1 tornado in southwest Manitoba from June 20th By NTP , June 24, 2023NTP surveys find two tornadoes that occurred in southwest Manitoba on the evening of June 20th By NTP , June 16, 2023Blog Catch-up - Prairie tornado and downburst events from May and June By NTP , June 16, 2023Summary details for EF0-Deafult tornado at Beachville, ON on June 13th By NTP , June 15, 2023Preliminary results for the June 14th tornado outbreak in southern Alberta By NTP , June 14, 2023Summary of storm damage survey results for the Talbotville, ON tornado on 13 Jun 2023 By NTP , April 03, 2023NTP has completed the Tornado Warning Performance Assessment for the 2022 season By NTP , March 02, 2023Tornado event data on the NTP Dashboard is now 'complete' for all years from 2017 to 2023 By NTP , January 16, 2023Continuing NTP investigations have resulted in the discovery of an additional 17 tornadoes in 2021 By NTP , January 10, 2023NTP systematic satellite imagery analysis turned up an additional three tornadoes from the 2022 season By NTP , December 22, 2022NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of two tornadoes in northern ON on 20 Aug 2022 By NTP , December 22, 2022NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of an EF2 tornado in northern ON on July 18, 2022 By NTP , December 22, 2022NTP investigations have resulted in 4 new tornadoes and one updated tornado in NW ON on May 30 By NTP , December 06, 2022The Northern Tornadoes Project and Northern Hail Project are now hiring summer interns, allowing for some exciting opportunities for undergraduate students and senior high school students in 2023.
By NTP , December 02, 2022NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of 3 new tornadoes in NW ON on Sep 20 By NTP , December 01, 2022NTP investigation has resulting in 7 tornadoes being identified in NW ON from Aug 2 and 3 By NTP , December 01, 2022NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of a tornado in southern ON on July 28 By NTP , November 28, 2022NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of four new tornadoes in Quebec from thunderstorms on July 20th. By NTP , November 28, 2022NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of six new tornadoes in Quebec from the storms on June 16th By NTP , November 25, 2022NTP has completed event summary maps for all 2022 ground and drone surveys, including a summary map for the May 21st Ontario-Quebec derecho. By NTP , November 01, 2022NTP investigations have resulted in the confirmation of 7 new tornadoes in QC and NB from July 20/21 By NTP , November 01, 2022NTP investigations have resulted in the confirmation of two weak tornadoes in southern Ontario from July and August.
By NTP , October 04, 2022NTP investigations have resulted in 7 new events of various classifications in SK and MB By NTP , September 29, 2022NTP investigations have led to the confirmation of five tornadoes in Ontario over or near the shores of Lakes Erie and Ontario on September 26 By NTP , September 27, 2022An NTP satellite imagery analysis has identified a late-season EF2 tornado in Northern Ontario By NTP , September 14, 2022Tornado update for ON, QC and MB with five events from August and September By NTP , September 02, 2022An NTP investigation has resulted in the confirmation of an EF0 tornado at Payne, ON By NTP , September 02, 2022NTP investigations confirm two August 31st tornadoes in Ontario By Francis Lavigne-Theriault , September 01, 2022A quick tutorial on how to download NTP datasets - with several updates By NTP , August 31, 2022NTP investigation concludes that a brief, weak tornado occurred near Darbyville, east of Guelph, on August 25th By NTP , August 26, 2022It's been busy enough on the Prairies that a fourth multi-event update is needed! This one covers events from June 10th to August 4th in Alberta and Saskatchewan that required extra work to get right. By NTP , August 18, 2022The result of an NTP investigation into July 20th tornadoes in northeastern Ontario and western Quebec.
By NTP , August 18, 2022A third update covering a string of Prairie tornado events from late June into July. This update covers the tornadoes of June 29th in Alberta and Saskatchewan. By NTP , August 11, 2022NTP confirmed an EF0 tornado at Winchelsea, ON from storms on August 8 By NTP , July 29, 2022Preliminary NTP damage survey results from the July 24th tornado in eastern ON July 28, 2022 The results of the NTP investigation of the tornadoes at Saint-Adolphe-d'Howard, QC on July 23rd.
By NTP , July 28, 2022Prairie Tornado Update (#2) based on investigations by NTP in collaboration with ECCC By NTP , July 26, 2022An NTP investigation has assessed weak damage at Wyoming, ON on the evening of July 19th as being caused by an EF0 tornado. By NTP , July 24, 2022An NTP ground survey and post-event investigation has led to the confirmation of both a tornado and a downburst in the Medicine Hat, AB area. By NTP , July 22, 2022An NTP investigation has concluded that storm damage near Thedford, ON on July 20th was due to a downburst By NTP , July 22, 2022Prairie Tornado Update (#1) based on investigations by NTP in collaboration with ECCC By NTP , July 14, 2022NTP has documented a tornado and downburst in southern QC from storms on Canada Day By NTP , June 28, 2022May 21 derecho update #2 of 2: NTP has completed a preliminary EF-scale contour map By NTP , June 27, 2022May 21 derecho update from NTP #1 of 2: one more EF2 tornado identified in southern Ontario By NTP , June 21, 2022NTP investigations have resulted in confirmation of two EF0 tornadoes in Ontario from the June 16th storms: Brooklin and Carleton Place By NTP , June 20, 2022Damage surveys results from the June 16 storms in Ontario: downbursts in Belleville and Mallorytown areas By NTP , June 12, 2022NTP has confirmed three new tornadoes that occurred between May 30 and June 10 in ON, AB and SK, including an EF2.
By NTP , June 09, 2022After additional analysis, NTP has extended to the ENE the May 21st Ottawa-area EF2 downburst that was embedded within the derecho. By NTP , May 31, 2022Updated information on the EF2 tornado from May 21st at Uxbridge, ON By NTP , May 27, 2022NTP has confirmed that two EF1 tornado occurred in London, ON on May 21st By NTP , May 27, 2022An EF2 downburst has been confirmed as occurring with the May 21 derecho in Ottawa By NTP , May 27, 2022Confirmation of an EF2 tornado along the leading edge of the May 21st derecho at Uxbridge, ON By NTP , May 18, 2022Landspout tornado near Caron, SK, on the evening of May 17th. By NTP , May 16, 2022First confirmed tornado of 2022 near Casselman, ON on May 15 By NTP , May 06, 2022NTP Tornado Warning Performance Assessment By NTP , January 11, 2022Details on a strong, EF2 downburst that was documented in southwestern NT By NTP , January 10, 2022Details on downbursts identified by NTP in NE BC and NW AB By NTP , December 22, 2021NTP recorded 100 tornadoes through the 2021 season By Dr.
Connell Miller , December 10, 2021A recent update to the NTP Drone Survey webpage makes the drone data more accessible and easier to filter. By NTP , December 06, 2021Details on the Nov 21 tornado that occurred in Sharon, ON By NTP , December 01, 2021A number of updates regarding NTP investigations of the tornado and downburst events in ON on Aug 11 By NTP , December 01, 2021NTP has identified two new tornadoes from earlier in the summer By NTP , December 01, 2021Two new tornadoes were identified for 21 Jun 2021 in Quebec By NTP , December 01, 2021The final details for the Nov 6 Vancouver tornado are provided By NTP , November 03, 2021A 10th tornado has been documented from the storms of Sep 7 in southwestern Ontario By NTP , November 02, 2021Summary details for two tornadoes that developed in southern Ontario on Sep 8, 2021. By NTP , November 02, 2021Summary of downbursts associated with 30 Jun 2021 QLCS in northeast BC By NTP , October 25, 2021Summary of two tornadoes confirmed in NW ON associated with the storms of Oct 10th, 2021.
By NTP , October 20, 2021Three tornado event additions from recent storms. By Connell Miller, PhD , October 15, 2021Brief discussion of the Eden-Walsh damage survey in southwestern Ontario. January 17, 2021 COVID-19 restrictions made it a bit more challenging for experts to survey the damage at the site of every twister that touched Canadian soil in 2020, but researchers from Western University in London, Ont., say they were still able to get the job done, partly thanks to the average Canadian.
"We developed our own twitter hashtag and people started to use it and when people would see things they would tell us about it and send us photographs that helped us when finding satellite imagery." said Greg Kopp, the lead researcher with Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) and ImpactWX chair in severe storms engineering. The Londoner , January 14, 2021As if 2020 wasn’t bad enough with a global pandemic, we can add tornadoes to the list of things we won’t miss about the year. Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has identified 77 tornadoes that ripped across Canada in 2020, a 166-per-cent increase over what was thought to be the tornado count last year, the university said Wednesday.
January 14, 2021 Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) confirmed 77 tornadoes across the country last year. The team’s work increased the number of twisters originally believed to have touched down in 2020 by 166 per cent, the university said. More than 409 investigations were conducted by NTP throughout the year, despite COVID-19 restrictions which made physically traveling to the affected areas difficult.
October 26, 2020 BARRIE -- Envinronment Canada has confirmed a tornado touched down in Grey County Friday afternoon based on information from the Northern Tornadoes Project. Officials say the EF0 rated twister - which had wind speeds up to 130 km/h - made landfall in Thornbury, damaging trees, power poles and street lamps before entering Georgian Bay. The tornado was accompanied by thunderstorms and hail across parts of Simcoe County.
Environment Canada Senior Climatologist Dave Phillips says the storm was one of a kind, representing all four seasons in just one day. October 26, 2020 Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado touched down in Thornbury, Ont., during Friday’s storm through Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project. The tornado followed a path through the town before it entered into Georgian Bay.
According to a weather summary issued by Environment Canada, the tornado damaged a tree, a power pole and a street lamp. October 21, 2020 Using hi-resolution satellite images, the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has confirmed 5 more tornadoes in Ontario. This brings the total for 2020 up to 39 as of October 19th and breaks the record of 37 set in 2009.
As well, there are now 10 tornadoes that have been confirmed to have occurred during the tornado outbreak on June 10th. October 04, 2020 The thunderstorms produced an EF-1 tornado that damaged a farm in rural Hamilton and 29 waterspouts, in addition to dropping small hail in many locales in southern Ontario Wednesday. September went out with a bang in southern Ontario, as an upper-level trough sparked thunderstorms that brought heavy rain, small hail, dozens of waterspouts and an EF-1 tornado Wednesday.
Significant damage was incurred at a farm property in rural Hamilton. An outbuilding was destroyed, a truck was flipped on its side, a barn’s roof was torn off and trees were snapped. No injuries were reported.
Researchers from the Western University-based Northern Tornadoes Project verified the damage was yielded from a twister, giving it an EF-1 rating. September 06, 2020 Summer 2020 has been an active tornado season in Ontario, which kicked off into high gear with what was eventually deemed an outbreak, even before the season technically started. Following the June 10th event, in which seven tornadoes were confirmed, there have been 23 more verified in the province, including another outbreak on July 19.
The latest tornadoes occurred on Thursday, Sept. 3. As of Sept.
6, Canada has had 66 tornadoes in 2020. With 30 twisters confirmed in Ontario so far, with more events under investigation, the province has had the most tornadoes in the country to date, far ahead of Alberta's 12, the second-highest total in Canada. Investigators at the Western University-based Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) have been working with Environment Canada to help verify tornadoes across the country through ground surveys, witness reports and surveillance data.
September 06, 2020 A small tornado carved a nearly two-kilometre path in Washago last week. The Northern Tornadoes Project confirmed this weekend that an EF1 tornado, no larger than 90 metres wide, touched down near the Severn Township village at the top of Lake Couchiching on Thursday. It had a 1.85-km path and a maximum wind speed of 145 km/h.
Melinda and Robert Beisel were in their home when the storm rolled in. “We were finishing up dinner and we watched it come across the lake,” Melinda said. The rain pounding on the windows was so loud, they didn’t hear the trees snapping outside.
September 05, 2020 An EF-1 tornado on the enhanced fujita scale cut a narrow path in Washago on the evening of Thursday, September 3, according to the Northern Tornadoes Project (NFP). Information received by Environment Canada indicates the tornado had maximum wind speeds of 145 km/h per hour and was associated with a line of heavy showers and thunderstorms. The twister cut a path of 1.85 kilometres in length.
Most of the damage was to mature trees along a narrow path. There was also a confirmed tornado in Port Colborne the same evening, which was an EF-0 with maximum wind speeds of 125 km/h per hour and produced some tree damage. According to Western University, the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) is a partnership between the university and ImpactWX that aims to better detect tornado occurrence throughout Canada, improve severe and extreme weather prediction, mitigate against damage to people and property and investigate future implications due to climate change.
September 04, 2020 An extreme weather event that ripped through the east side of Port Colborne for about 15 minutes Thursday night has been confirmed by Environment Canada to be a tornado. It also resulted in a storm on social media, with many people believing the blast to be a twister. Meteorologist Peter Kimbell said Friday afternoon an investigation has determined tornadic activity due to the high level of damage in the area.
The storm had a track of about one kilometre and brought winds as high as 125 km/h, he said. Dr. Connell Miller, a research engineer from Western University and Northern Tornadoes Project, was in the neighbourhood around 12:30 p.m.
Friday collecting data for a collaborative investigation with Environment Canada. September 02, 2020 After an investigation, Environment Canada has confirmed a tornado touched down in Fort St. John on August 21.
Environment Canada says the Northern Tornadoes Project and Climate Change Canada completed a remote damage assessment and confirmed that meteorologists were correct in their early review of the storm. At approximately 7:50 p.m. on August 21, 2020, a tornado was reported in Fort St.
John. Environment and Climate Change Canada received several reports of tornado damage. Damage reported to Environment Canada included damage to homes, vehicles and other property.
The tornado has been given a rating of EF0 with a track 3 km long and up to 80 m wide. Wind speeds were estimated up to 130 km/h. September 01, 2020 The Township of Huron-Kinloss is thanking first responders after a EF0 Tornado touched down south of Point Clark on Friday, August 28th around 10:15 p.m.
Investigators with Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) visited the Point Clark area on Saturday and confirmed the tornado on Sunday. The tornado hit the area near London Road, Lake Range Drive and Rosinke Drive, causing downed trees and causing damage to at least seven properties. August 31, 2020 No one was injured after a tornado packing a maximum wind speed of 130 kilometres per hour blew in off Lake Huron in Point Clark Friday night and forced three families out of their homes.
The tornado was confirmed by the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University. It found the length of the tornado’s path was 300 metres and its width was 80 m, leaving trees toppled, some on houses, about 10:15 p.m. Tornadoes occur rarely after dark, said Dave Sills, executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, which aims to document every tornado which occurs in Canada.
August 30, 2020 Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed two twisters in the region on Thursday and is working on a possible third one Friday night. The first one was recorded near Mount Carmel at 2:30 p.m. Thursday.
It was a category EF1 with 155 km/h winds, 100 metres wide and 7.1 km long. A vortex/funnel cloud was observed in St. Thomas at 3:05 p.m.
but it didn't touch down. Ten minutes later, an EF1 tornado was reported near Union, 150 metres wide, 5.2 km long with 150 km/h winds. August 30, 2020 The team at Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has confirmed an EF0 tornado touched down in Point Clark, Ont., Friday night.
Officials say it happened around 10:15 p.m. The tornado had a maximum wind speed of 130 km/h, a length of 300 metres, and a width of 80 metres. EF0 refers to a tornado with wind speeds between 105 and 137 km/h.
An EF0 tornado is capable of causing light damage. The NTP says the twister came off Lake Huron, sending trees falling in multiple directions, including some on top of houses. August 18, 2020 Intense thunderstorms rolled through southern Manitoba on Friday, August 7th, prompting tornado warnings and producing at least one twister.
The tornado occurred near Scarth, Manitoba, around 8:10 p.m. local time. Environment Canada sent a team the next day to assess the tornado damage and gave the twister an EF-2 rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, with winds in the 179-217 km/h range.
However, they have since upgraded the rating to an EF-3 after teams from the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) and the University of Manitoba collected data from the tornado site, and determined that the winds were approximately 260 km/h and caused a lot more damage than initially assessed. August 18, 2020 The start of the school year is often looked at as an unofficial sign that summer is coming to a close, but there’s another unexpected signal seen this week on Lake Huron: waterspouts. Social media was abuzz Monday with pictures and videos showing waterspouts off Sauble Beach, Ont., around Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, but Environment Canada’s Gerald Cheng says it’s not surprising to see at this time of year.
Cheng says waterspouts can develop either “top-down,” often in dangerous storms, or “water-up,” when cooler air passes over warm water — conditions that are more likely to occur in late summer. August 17, 2020 If you think there have been more tornadoes in southwestern Ontario than normal this year, it might be that twister hunters are getting better at finding them. The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at Western University — a research lab dedicated to studying twisters — has confirmed 23 tornadoes in Ontario this year, with 13 touching down in southwestern Ontario.
“It’s definitely been pretty active here in the southwest,” said Greg Kopp, NTP’s lead researcher. Nationally, NTP has confirmed 48 tornadoes, with another 51 weather events under investigation. August 17, 2020 If you think there have been more tornadoes in southwestern Ontario than normal this year, it might be that twister hunters are getting better at finding them.
The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at Western University — a research lab dedicated to studying twisters — has confirmed 23 tornadoes in Ontario this year, with 13 touching down in southwestern Ontario. “It’s definitely been pretty active here in the southwest,” said Greg Kopp, NTP’s lead researcher. Nationally, NTP has confirmed 48 tornadoes, with another 51 weather events under investigation.
August 15, 2020 If you think there have been more tornadoes in Southwestern Ontario than normal this year, it might be that twister hunters are getting better at finding them. The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at Western University — a research lab dedicated to studying twisters — has confirmed 23 tornadoes in Ontario this year, with 13 touching down in Southwestern Ontario. “It’s definitely been pretty active here in the Southwest,” said Greg Kopp, NTP’s lead researcher.
Nationally, NTP has confirmed 48 tornadoes, with another 51 weather events under investigation. August 08, 2020 A deadly tornado that tore a path through southwest Manitoba Friday is the second severe twister to hit the region this summer, and weather scientists are analyzing a trove of evidence to learn more about it. Following early damage assessments in partnership with the Northern Tornadoes Project, Environment and Climate Change Canada has preliminarily categorized the tornado as an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.
The scale rates twisters from zero to five, with five being the most severe. According to the Northern Tornadoes Project, which is based out of Western University and aims to collect and analyze data on all tornadoes in Canada, the tornado that touched down near Scarth, 13 kilometres south of Virden on Friday left a 9.35-kilometre trail of damage in its wake, destroying land and property up to 740 metres away. August 08, 2020 Two people are dead after being thrown from their vehicle by a tornado that touched down near Virden, Man., on Friday night, RCMP say.
A man and a woman, both 18 and from Melita — about 65 kilometres south of Virden — were pronounced dead at the scene, the Mounties said in a news release Saturday afternoon. Virden RCMP responded to a report at about 8:10 p.m., local time, that a tornado touched down near Highway 83 and Road 50N in the rural municipality of Pipestone, just south of Virden, the release said. When they arrived, they found extensive damage at a farm and a vehicle that had been thrown near the highway.
The 54-year-old man inside that vehicle, from Sioux Valley Dakota First Nation, was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries. August 07, 2020 Over the past weeks, it seemed like Toronto was under several tornado watches. And the Weather Network recently released a report showing a staggering tornado count in Ontario, saying the total for 2020 has nearly doubled the yearly average.
The report said the average has been just under 13 twisters a year, but 2020 so far had seen 23 with at least one additional tornado under investigation. However, the analysis is challenged by Environment Canada. According to a Warning Preparedness Meteorologist with Environment Canada, the statistics in the Weather Network’s findings are misleading.
August 06, 2020 Perth County’s tornado count for 2020 will stay at one after a group of Western University experts visited the site of Monday’s storm near Mitchell. It had many elements of a tornado – including a funnel cloud one storm chaser caught on video – but the Northern Tornadoes Project officially deemed it a sub-tornadic vortex. “There might have been swirling and a funnel cloud, but not enough intensity to call it a tornado,” lead researcher Greg Kopp said.
The Western-based group follows the American Meteorological Society’s definition of a tornado when it visits storm sites across Canada, something it has done 145 times so far in 2020. The official American Meteorological Society definition is “a rotating column of air, in contact with the surface, pendant from a cumuliform cloud, and often visible as a funnel cloud and/or circulating debris/dust on the ground.” August 05, 2020 Information on tornadoes and other active weather in Canada is readily available this summer, thanks to a group of researchers. There have been 36 confirmed tornadoes in Canada so far this year.
Southern Ontario has also seen plenty of active weather in 2020. Behind the blowing wind and driving rain is science. "When something is damaged in a tornado, that for us is data," said Greg Kopp with the Northern Tornadoes Project.
August 05, 2020 ** Please note, later on Aug. 4 after this story went to print, Environment Canada upgraded the tornado that touched down in Kinmount to an EF2 rating, based on max winds reaching up to 180 km/hour and garages being swept away. Peter Kimbell, meterologist with Environment Canada, confirmed a tornado had caused the damage in Kinmount on Aug.
2. “We have a close collaboration with Western University, a specific group called the Northern Tornadoes Project, they actually do research on tornadoes across the country,” he told the Times on Aug.4. “They were able to confirm three tornadoes on Sunday – one in Camden East, one in Oxford Mills, one in Kinmount.” A tornado was confirmed in Perth County, near Stratford, the following day.
Kinmount’s tornado was rated an EF (Enhanced Fujita Scale) 1, with maximum wind speeds of 150 kilometres an hour. “The EF0 goes from 90 to 130 km/hour, the EF1 goes from 130 to 175 km/hour and then it goes up from there,” said Kimbell. “So we know we can have an EF5 up to 300-and-so kilometres an hour.
Those are extremely rare and only one recorded in Canada, but it’s possible.” August 05, 2020 Researchers from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project will be in the Palmerston area on Wednesday surveying damage left after Tuesday’s storm. The storm rolled through late afternoon spawning tornado warnings for Wellington County and a watch for southern areas of Grey County. It’s been a busy season for the NTP, this week alone investigating the damage in Mitchell and confirming three tornadoes in eastern Ontario.
Monday’s activity in Mitchell was still under investigation as of late Tuesday. August 04, 2020 Ontario reportedly saw four tornadoes over the weekend, ushering in the new month with some very wild weather. According to a bulletin from Environment Canada, three twisters appeared over the province on Sunday, August 2, and another single one on Monday, August 3.
The first reported tornado struck Camden East around 2:35 pm. The weather agency says that damage associated with this event was “consistent with winds up to 130 km/h,” meaning this tornado has been rated a high-end EF0. August 04, 2020 Updated 4:50 p.m.: It is yet to be confirmed if a suspected tornado near Mitchell touched down on Monday, August 3.
But Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project is looking into. August 03, 2020 Several trees were destroyed and a roof was torn off of a municipal building in Camden East on Sunday afternoon after a tornado ripped through the area. Environment Canada’s warning preparedness meteorologist, Peter Kimbell, said the Northern Tornadoes Project from Western University confirmed the weather event on Monday.
Residents said that the extreme wind event happened around 2:30 p.m. and only lasted for a number of seconds. During those seconds, at least a dozen trees were uprooted or were broken off mid-trunk, shingles were lifted off at least two houses, vehicles were damaged and hydro lines and a hydro pole were toppled.
A number of local streets were fully blocked by downed trees. July 29, 2020 The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) confirmed that an EF1 tornado did touch down in the Blyth area on July 19. The line of severe storms passed through Southwestern Ontario, causing emergency alerts to be broadcast across the region, causing some people to take cover from anticipated tornadoes and wind damage.
The tornado path was 6.7 km in length according to Environment Canada, with a maximum wind speed of 135 km/h. This was one of six confirmed tornadoes that were reported, with EF1’s also being confirmed in Lambton Shores, Gads Hill, Beachville (near Woodstock), and just north of Lucan. An EF0 was confirmed in Belmont.
July 24, 2020 Survey teams from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project have confirmed two more tornadoes were part of a storm that moved through Southwestern Ontario on Sunday, July 19, increasing the region’s total to six. The researchers found evidence of an EF1 tornado in the Blyth area Wednesday, July 22. It packed winds of 135-kilometres an hour and left a trail of debris 6.7 km long.
They also confirmed a tornado at Gadshill had maximum winds of 150 km/h and left a trail measuring 4.2 km long. That one damaged a farm and some trees. July 24, 2020 Weather researchers at Western University in London confirmed an EF1 tornado hit a dairy farm on Gordon Road near Arkona Sunday, among several connected with severe weather that day across the region.
The researchers said the tornado in Lambton Shores saw a maximum wind speed of 155 kilometres per hour and a path length of 15.4 kilometres, and maximum path width of 200 metres. Buildings were damaged, but residents of the farm and its livestock weren’t injured. Members of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, a research lab dedicated to the study of twisters, sent teams to several areas of the region that saw damage from a storm Sunday that led Environment Canada to issue a tornado warning in several communities.
July 23, 2020 Weather researchers at Western University in London confirmed an EF1 tornado hit a dairy farm on Gordon Road near Arkona Sunday, among several connected with severe weather that day across the region. The researchers said the tornado in Lambton Shores saw a maximum wind speed of 155 kilometres per hour and a path length of 15.4 kilometres, and maximum path width of 200 metres. Buildings were damaged, but residents of the farm and its livestock weren’t injured.
Members of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, a research lab dedicated to the study of twisters, sent teams to several areas of the region that saw damage from a storm Sunday that led Environment Canada to issue a tornado warning in several communities. July 23, 2020 Weather researchers at Western University in London confirmed an EF1 tornado hit a dairy farm on Gordon Road near Arkona Sunday, among several connected with severe weather that day across the region. The researchers said the tornado in Lambton Shores saw a maximum wind speed of 155 kilometres per hour and a path length of 15.4 kilometres, and maximum path width of 200 metres.
Buildings were damaged, but residents of the farm and its livestock weren’t injured. Members of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, a research lab dedicated to the study of twisters, sent teams to several areas of the region that saw damage from a storm Sunday that led Environment Canada to issue a tornado warning in several communities. July 23, 2020 Six tornadoes have been confirmed by the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) out of Western University in London, including one near Stratford.
An EF1 tornado caused damage to a farm and trees in Gads Hill with a max wind gust of 150km/h, a path length of 4.2 kilometers and width of 400 metres. The NTP survey team also found EF0 downburst damage south of Stratford with a path length of 18 kilometres and max winds of 115km/h. An EF0 downburst was also confirmed in the Palmerston – Arthur area.
That downburst had a path length of 53 kilometres and max wind of 120 km/h. July 23, 2020 Researchers say five tornadoes had landed in surrounding areas earlier this week, and they say the wacky weather is not unusual. Dr.
David Sills is the executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University. He says the five tornadoes touched down in nearby areas on July 19. "The list is Belmont, Lucan, Beachville, Gads Hill and Blyth.
The water spout that was confirmed was over the Southern part of Lake Huron." He says there was some damage caused as a result of the tornadoes. "Most of the damage was to farms and to trees. There were a couple barns in large sheds that were blown over or blown down.
Some green bins that were toppled." July 23, 2020 Survey teams from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project have confirmed two more tornadoes were part of a storm that moved through Southwestern Ontario on Sunday. The researchers found evidence of an EF1 tornado in the Blyth area Wednesday. It packed winds of 135 kilometres an hour and left a trail of debris 6.7 km long.
They also confirmed a tornado at Gads Hill had maximum winds of 150 km/h and left a trail measuring 4.2 km long. That one damaged a farm and some trees. July 22, 2020 A line of severe storms produced at least four tornadoes in southwestern Ontario on Sunday, including one near Stratford.
Belmont, Ont. which is southeast of London, may soon get a reputation for tornadoes after it was confirmed that they saw an EF0 tornado over the weekend. Belmont also saw a tornado on June 10, when a barn was severely damaged in a series of storms.
The confirmation of Sunday’s tornadoes was made by the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) out of Western University in London. July 22, 2020 Two more tornadoes have been confirmed to have ripped through southern Ontario over the weekend, for a total of six in one day. Investigators with Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) confirmed on Wednesday that an EF1 tornado tore through the Lambton Shores area on Sunday, July 19.
The tornado had a max wind speed of 155 kilometres per hour, and a path that measured 15.4 kilometres long and 200 metres wide. Significant damage was reported on a dairy farm in the area between Arkona and Thedford. NTP survey teams also confirmed an EF1 tornado in the Blyth area on Sunday, which had a max wind speed of 135 km/h.
The path of the tornado was 6.7 kilometres long and 50 metres wide. July 21, 2020 Western University researchers have confirmed that at least three tornadoes touched down in the London, Ont. region Sunday and they're investigating the possibility of more.
"It's tricky," said David Sills, the executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at Western University, a team of researchers dedicated to examining tornadoes. "As more reports come in, you can connect the dots more easily and see which ones seem to line up and those are the ones we're investigating because there's just scattered damage all over the place." The twisters made their way toward the region Sunday morning during severe weather that prompted Environment Canada to issue tornado warnings in several parts of southern Ontario. July 21, 2020 A severe storm that hit Southwestern Ontario on Sunday also produced at least three tornadoes, a team of Western University researchers has confirmed.
It’s the second time this year severe weather has led to twisters touching down in the region after two tornadoes were also reported in the Belmont area, outside London, and in Glencoe on June 10. Members of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, a research lab dedicated to the study of twisters, were on the ground Monday canvassing the path of Sunday’s storm, which downed trees and damaged farm buildings, again in Belmont and also near Lucan. July 20, 2020 Western University storm researchers have determined that a total of six tornadoes touched down in the London, Ont., region during Sunday’s severe thunderstorms.
Survey teams with the university’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) were dispatched this week to observe damage left behind by the storms that rolled through southwestern Ontario over the 11 a.m. hour Sunday, prompting tornado warnings for the area. NTP officials confirmed earlier this week that an EF0 tornado touched down near Belmont, while two EF1 tornadoes touched down north of Lucan and in Beachville, west of Woodstock.
The tornado near Lucan also produced a larger EF0 downburst. July 20, 2020 Two teams of Western University researchers were on the ground Monday near Lucan and Belmont to measure the impact of two possible tornadoes. A line of thunderstorms passed through Southwestern Ontario late Sunday morning, downing trees, knocking over farm buildings, flattening crops and flooding some areas.
“They’re working on connecting the dots,” David Sills, executive director of Western’s Northern Tornadoes project, said of the two two-person teams in the field Monday. “We’ve got a lot of damage reports and some of those are lining up in tracks." July 20, 2020 At least one possible tornado is under investigation after the intense storms that slammed southern Ontario Sunday and prompted numerous tornado warnings from the late morning to the early afternoon. Environment Canada said the storms produced the possible tornado in the Belmont area, based on damage to trees and buildings investigated by the Northern Tornadoes Project.
The tornado has not been given a rating as of yet, and the Northern Tornadoes Project will be further investigating the wind damage in southwestern Ontario Monday. Sunday's storms brought torrential rains, strong wind gusts near 100 km/h, frequent lightning and flash flooding, impacting large portions of the region. Tornado warnings were issued for parts of the southwest, GTA and cottage country during the day, following the storms for some two hours before being dropped a little after 1 p.m.
July 19, 2020 It was a frightening experience at a Thedford, Ont. dairy farm Sunday morning when a strong storm ripped through the farm and destroyed several structures. "I wasn't thinking, I was just running," Eddy Van Engelen, owner of Van Engelen Dairy farm, said.
"We were just shocked to see how much damage there was." Severe weather prompted Environment Canada to issue tornado warnings across much of Southern Ontario but it could not immediately determine if it was a tornado that hit in the area of the farm or if it was just storm-force winds. July 14, 2020 Environment Canada said Tuesday that further investigation of a tornado that touched down near Nanton, Alta., on Sunday has unearthed evidence the twister was more powerful than first thought. “Following an investigation of damage sustained to a farm southwest of Nanton by the Northern Tornadoes Project and storm-spotters in the region, the rating of the tornado has been upgraded,” the weather agency said in a new weather summary posted to its website Tuesday afternoon.
The Nanton-area tornado has now been preliminarily rated as an EF-1 tornado that reached an estimated wind speed of 150 kilometres per hour. July 13, 2020 A landspout tornado caused minimal damage when it touched down in Milton on Friday evening. Environment Canada confirmed the tornado developed in the area between 8 and 8:30 p.m.
Meteorologists say the tornado was an EF Zero, with winds between 90 and 130 kilometres per hour. July 11, 2020 Numerous videos and photos are appearing online of a potential tornado touching down in Milton. Neither Environment Canada nor the Northern Tornadoes Project, a partnership between Western University and ImpactWX that aims to better detect tornado occurrence throughout Canada, have confirmed what was taken on video is indeed a tornado or landspout tornado.
This video was taken by Saba Ali in the area of Tremaine Road and Louis St. Laurent Avenue. July 07, 2020 A tornado, which touched down in the City of Kawartha Lakes last month, has been classified as EF1, according to researchers.
The storm struck the Sturgeon Point area in the afternoon of June 23. The twister’s winds damaged a dock and a barn near the shoreline of Sturgeon Lake, about 30 km north of Lindsay. No one was injured in the incident.
June 30, 2020 Environment Canada has officially confirmed a tornado touched down near Rapid City, Man. on Sunday. The report, released Tuesday afternoon, has assigned the tornado a preliminary rating of EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale, which tracks wind speed and damage from tornadoes.
Environment Canada said the tornado touched down at 3:45 p.m. on June 28, five kilometres southeast of the community. The agency said the damage included two large drive sheds destroyed, hundreds of trees snapped and uprooted, toppled grain bins, and flipped trailers.
The tornado also caused significant damage to two barns. June 29, 2020 A research group that collaborates with Environment Canada to find and document tornadoes has confirmed that a remote area of Northwestern Ontario experienced the province's first tornado of 2020. It happened on June 8 near Brooks Lake, approximately 35 kilometres northeast of Nestor Falls.
David Sills, executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in London, says aerial images have allowed his team to confirm the damage to the forest in that area was caused by an EF 2 tornado. June 24, 2020 The storm that swept through southwestern Ontario two weeks ago actually spawned four tornadoes locally, according to the Northern Tornadoes Project. The Western University research team tweeted Wednesday that two additional tornadoes, in Belgrave and Brussels, Ont.
have now been identified. The one in Belgrave was an EF0 that left damage along a 5.5 kilometre-long path. June 19, 2020 A storm that knocked out power to thousands of Ontarians on June 10, including many customers in Muskoka, may have produced three tornadoes in the Muskoka area.
A Tweet from a group of tornado researchers based at London’s Western University has claimed the storm spawned three twisters in Bracebridge, Baysville and Mary Lake areas. The Northern Tornadoes Project put out a Tweet on Thursday, June 18, “@westernuNTP has identified 3 new tornadoes from the June 10 storms in southern ON.” June 18, 2020 The shelf cloud that stretched from horizon to horizon didn’t look to be moving all that fast towards where I stood on the cliff in Goderich, but I’d been fooled before. These storms had a habit of looking spectacular and dangerous, but tended not to have major impacts on the communities that they roared over.
Shelf clouds are, more often than not, an indication of a linear storm system that doesn’t usually spawn the far more dangerous, rotating storms we call supercells. So as I stood there in Goderich marvelling at the magnificent structure of the storm that was sweeping towards me, tornadoes were not foremost in my mind. June 13, 2020 The powerful storms that raced across southern Ontario Wednesday left behind numerous damage reports, along with the first two confirmed tornadoes in the province in 2020.
After confirmation from Environment Canda, the sites of the damage caused by two twisters were then investigated by researchers from the Western University-based Northern Tornadoes Project. It has now given initial EF-0 and EF-1 ratings to the Glencoe and Belmont area tornadoes, respectively. The Glencoe area tornado, which was first spotted around 7:50 p.m., was given a preliminary EF-0 rating with maximum winds estimated at 130 km/h.
The initial conclusion is this tornado began near Newbury Station and ended just east of Strathburn, travelling just a few kilometres south of Glencoe. The path length was 17 kilometres with a maximum width of 300 metres. Damage was confined to trees and a barn, as well as some sheds and homes.
June 12, 2020 Local researchers have confirmed that the severe thunderstorms that uprooted trees, snapped branches and cut power across southwestern Ontario Wednesday night also spawned two tornadoes near London, Ont. Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) confirmed Friday that damage surveys conducted over the last two days had determined that Glencoe, Ont. and Belmont, Ont., saw preliminary EF0 and EF1 tornadoes touch down, respectively, during Wednesday’s storm.
June 11, 2020 A pandemic, heat warnings before summer and now twisters. In a spring that’s been anything but normal, turned upside-down by the COVID-19 lockdown, snow in April and scorching summer-like weather weeks early, Southwestern Ontario lived up to its Tornado Alley reputation when two twisters touched down in the London area in a violent storm Wednesday night. The tornadoes knocked out power and damaged trees and buildings in the Belmont area, outside London, and in Glencoe southwest of the city.
Member’s of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, a research lab dedicated to the study of twisters, was on the ground in Belmont Thursday surveying the destruction. May 28, 2020 If you’re a weather watcher who takes an active interest in capturing severe weather events like tornadoes on video, the Ontario based Northern Tornado Project (NTP) wants to hear from you. Based out of the University of Western Ontario, the NTP works with Environment Canada and the University of Manitoba to try to capture information on as many tornadoes that occur across the country as possible.
The aim is to eventually develop better warning systems and to understand how climate change affects the prevalence and incidence of the storms. May 26, 2020 On May 21, 2020, security cameras at a home in Saanich, B.C., north of Victoria, captured video of what appeared to be a weak tornado touching down in a backyard, sending a trampoline flying high into the air. For severe weather scientist Dave Sills, the event — likely Canada’s first tornado of 2020 — was a surprising and coincidentally-timed kickoff to a research season like no other.
Just hours before, Sills and colleague Greg Kopp from Western University in London, Ont. had held a virtual briefing for media and members of the public about how their Northern Tornadoes Project will continue its research into severe weather events in Canada in light of public health guidelines to slow the spread of COVID-19. July 09, 2019 Two campgrounds in ruins.
Houses lifted and shifted on their foundations. Thousands of trees felled as if by a giant meteorological axe. All told, as many as 15 tornadoes swept through northern Saskatchewan and Alberta during the Canada Day weekend, new findings from Western's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) suggest.
July 08, 2019 Two campgrounds in ruins. Houses lifted and shifted on their foundations. Thousands of trees felled as if by a giant meteorological axe.
July 04, 2019 Dave Sills dreams about tornadoes all the time. Which is only fitting, since as the newly minted executive director of Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, he will spend his time studying and documenting the storms, of which there are as many as 230 in Canada in any given year. June 27, 2019 Late June and early July is the heart of tornado season for Alberta and as of June 27, the province has already had five verified tornado reports.
This is approximately 32 per cent of the average annual amount of tornados that Alberta sees per year. June 19, 2019 Access to a new constellation of satellites has experts at Western University searching for tornadoes across the country. June 14, 2019 In their quest to find every tornado occurring in Canada, Western University's Northern Tornado Project just received a big financial boost that has allowed them to go national!
June 13, 2019 David Sills still remembers the smells and sounds of that mercurial evening in July 1980. It had been humid without relief for days when late-afternoon clouds began billowing from the west and racing towards Windsor. June 13, 2019 No longer will important information about severe storms across the country – information that could save countless lives – be simply gone with the wind.
June 13, 2019 Western is poised to become the country’s leading authority on tornado tracking and research thanks to a major expansion of its Northern Tornadoes Project. With a goal of detecting and analyzing every tornado in Canada, project organizers know its findings will save lives, mitigate losses and strengthen our understanding of severe storm activity. March 22, 2019 A quirky thing about tornadoes is that over the past 30 years, their reported frequency—at least going by U.S.
reports—has increased 30%. Of course, the last 30 years also correlate with the rise of Doppler radar, population growth, and cell phones. February 25, 2019 The project is a partnership between engineers at Western University and Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), and has, for the last two years, focused on sniffing out previously-undetected tornadoes in Quebec and Ontario.
This year, the program is going national, with the goal to capture Canada's 'missing tornadoes'. January 15, 2019 A 2017/18 research project originally designed to only assess tornadic frequency in remote areas of Northern Ontario and Quebec is set to expand to include the rest of Canada this summer... January 14, 2019 Between the towering, twisting funnel cloud and the powerful winds, tornadoes may seem like difficult things to miss.
But extreme-weather researchers believe that as many as 70 per cent of them go undetected in Canada. January 13, 2019 On Jan. 10, the “Please - Do Not Take this Lightly” exhibit opened at the Artlab Gallery, showcasing artwork illustrating the danger and impact of tornadoes.
January 10, 2019 Scientists in London — located in Canada’s tornado alley, Southwestern Ontario — will be spending 2019 tracking twisters from coast to coast, launching the most comprehensive analysis of its kind ever done in Canada...
