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A part of the 1985 Midwest Tornado Outbreak. Longest track tornado in Canada at over 110 km. [139] 1985, May 31 1985 Rice Lake Tornado ON: F3: 0 – Rice Lake, ON – Erin, ON: A part of the 1985 Midwest Tornado Outbreak – twin tornado with Alma Tornado. F2 according to some sources. 1985, May 31 1985 Alma-Hillsburgh Tornado ON: F3: 0 –
September 5 – two tornadoes were confirmed in Central Ontario after severe weather swept through the area. The first, a low-end EF0, hit Christian Island causing tree damage. [161] The second tornado was rated an EF1 and touched down in the town of Udney, about 20 km (12 mi) east of Orillia. Six farms, three houses and a community centre ...
In Canada, tornadoes are rated based on the damage they cause using a set of "Damage Indicators" which estimate wind speeds based on different levels of damage. Before April 1, 2013, the scale used to rate tornadoes in Canada was the Fujita scale. Following this day, Environment Canada started to use the Enhanced Fujita scale. [2]
At least one tornado hit a suburb of Canada's capital Thursday, damaging more than 100 homes, authorities said. Kim Ayotte, general manager of emergency and protective services for the city of ...
A destructive tornado developed Thursday afternoon in the Canadian province of Alberta and left some residents reeling in a rural area of Mountain View County roughly 58 miles (93 km) north of ...
The Pine Lake tornado was a deadly tornado in central Alberta which occurred on Friday, July 14, 2000, and struck a campground and a trailer park. Twelve people were killed, making it the first deadly tornado in Canada since 1987, when an F4 tornado killed 27 people in Edmonton, Alberta and injured 300+.
Severe weather activity became more isolated and scattered on May 27, marking the end of the outbreak sequence. In all, 248 tornadoes occurred during the outbreak sequence; 20 (+1 indirect) people were killed by tornadoes while 10 other people died due to non-tornadic events as well. Over 240 people were injured.
Canada's tornado season once again proved to be hyperactive in 2022, with 117 tornadoes recorded for the second year in a row, equaling the country's highest number on record. While documented ...