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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 ...
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 ...
This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by Environment Canada and the University of Western Ontario's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) in Canada throughout 2023. Based on statistical modelling by Sills et al. (2012), an average of 230 tornadoes likely occur across the country each year; however, only 61 of these are actually documented annually based on 1980–2009 averages. [1]
The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes as part of Saturday night's severe weather as crews survey more communities and cleanup efforts continue. ... warnings in effect ...
At 7:47 p.m. Tuesday, a confirmed tornado was located 19 miles west of Wausau, moving northeast at 80 mph, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service warned that pea-sized hail is possible in the warning area as a new round of storms sits over southwestern Wisconsin and will make its way into the Milwaukee area Tuesday night.
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]
A tornado warning was in effect in several parts of southern Wisconsin Saturday evening after tornado sightings near Watertown, Janesville and other cities, while other parts of southern Wisconsin ...