Late October tornado confirmed in southern Ontario
The Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed that an EF0 tornado hit the town of Thornbury amid Friday's severe weather outbreak.
After seeing temperatures soar into summer-like values, a potent cold front helped to trigger late season thunderstorms across parts of southern Ontario on Friday.
The 20+ degree daytime highs were soon replaced with ominous skies, heavy rain and powerful winds. On Monday, the Northern Tornadoes Project confirmed that a tornado had struck the town of Thornbury during Friday's storms.
According to the survey team, the tornado followed a path through the town before entering Georgian Bay.
The tornado has been given a preliminary rating of EF0, with maximum wind speeds up to 130 km/h. The length of its path spanned about three kilometres.
"The tornado produced tree damage and damage to a power pole and street lamp," officials say.
Friday's severe thunderstorms also impacted several areas near and east of Georgian Bay with numerous reports of golfball-sized hail and damaging winds.
With this latest confirmation, Environment Canada and Northern Tornadoes Project has so far verified 40 tornadoes in Ontario in 2020.
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