Southwestern Ontario recorded the country's first tornado and downburst of the year.
Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has determined an EF0 downburst was produced during an intense storm near Lucan last Saturday.
It materialized around 4 p.m., with an estimated wind speed of 130 kilometres an hour. That was powerful enough to peel the roof off a barn.
Five minutes later, an EF0 tornado with an estimated maximum wind speed of 110 kilometres an hour appeared south of Granton.
Damage to that area included an overturned truck and trailer, a smashed solar panel, and snapped large tree limbs.
No injuries were reported.
Investigators made the determination after surveying the scene last Sunday.
EF0 is the weakest rating on the enhanced Fujita scale.
