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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 ...
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]
Less than 5% of tornadoes that occur in Canada are rated as F3/EF3 or higher. The only officially rated F5/EF5 tornado in Canada is the 2007 Elie Tornado , however Thomas P. Grazulis of The Tornado Project has unofficially rated the 1920 Alameda-Frobisher Tornado and the 1935 Benson Tornado as F5 (neither having any official intensity ratings ...
An example of a tornado warning polygon issued by the National Weather Service. A tornado warning (SAME code: TOR) is a public warning that is issued by weather forecasting agencies to an area in the direct path of a tornado, or a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one, and advises individuals in that area to take cover.
A tornado watch happens when weather conditions are prime to spawn tornadoes, and they alert people to be ready to act quickly in and around the area of a watch. A tornado warning means a tornado ...
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Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...