Ontario’s Tornado Count Is Now Up to 32 for the Year; 2 Tornadoes on September 3 2020 Confirmed
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The Northern Tornado Project (NTP) team investigated storm damage that occurred on the evening of September 3, 2020 at both Port Colborne and Washago. The preliminary results of their investigation is that there was a high end EF0 tornado in Port Colborne and a EF1 tornado in Washago. There have been five tornadoes that have been recenlty confirmed.
This brings the total number to 32 and we could potentially see more tornadoes in Ontario this year. NTP has only recently started investigating and confirming tornadoes in Ontario (see here for more information about the project, which was founded in 2017). NTP confirmed 23 tornadoes in 2018 and 13 tornadoes in 2019 in Ontario. Compare these numbers with the Ontario government’s average of 12. The average is expected to increase as tornado detection improves and we get a more complete picture of how often tornadoes occur.
This article focuses on the two tornadoes that occured on September 3. For information about the other recently confirmed tornadoes please see:
August 27, 2020 - EF1 at Mount Carmel and EF1 at Union
August 28, 2020 - EF0 at Point Clark
Port Colborne’s EF0 tornado (late evening) had a maximum wind speed 125 km/h, a path length of 1.1 km, and a maximum width of only 50 m. The tornado produced damage to some trees and houses.
Preliminary results are in from Port Colborne - an EF0 tornado with max wind speed 125 km/h, length of 1.1 km, and max width of only 50 m. More details here: https://t.co/kDaqQzbnAd @westernuNTP later investigated damage at Washago - results from that survey tomorrow. #onstorm
— Northern Tornadoes Project (@westernuNTP) September 5, 2020
From Port Colborne: Couldn't tell what this debris was when I first took the picture of this soccer field, but after looking at the high-res photos, it seems like metal siding from this awning traveled approximately 600 m away from where it started. #onwx #onstorm #onNTP pic.twitter.com/lHfFYkg4mw
— Connell Miller (@ConnellMiller) September 5, 2020
The investigation map from NTP below shows the drone (orange) and the land (blue) survey paths. Click on the map to go to their site and view the photos.
Washago’s EF1 tornado (evening) had maximum wind speed of 145 km/h, a path length of 1.85 km and a maximum width of 90 m. The tornado produced damage mainly to mature trees along a narrow path.
Here are the preliminary results from the @westernuNTP
— Northern Tornadoes Project (@westernuNTP) September 5, 2020
damage survey at Washago - EF1 tornado with max winds to 145 km/h, path length of 1.85 km, and a max width of 90 m. Thanks to @ECCCWeatherON for coordination. This brings 2020 ON tornado count to 31, w/ 29 in S ON. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/XpmuTNms2z
You can see the narrow path of the tornado in this video:
The investigation map from NTP below shows the drone (orange) and the land (blue) survey paths. Click on the map to go to their site and view the photos.
We sincerely hope everyone stayed safe in the path of these tornadoes and thank you so much to all of those who sent in reports! Your reports are critical in confirming tornadoes and continuing our goal to raise awareness about them and severe weather. Thank you!
