The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) investigation has confirmed a landspout tornado at Bagnall, Ontario, near Pain Court, on June 20, 2024.
“Video and photos were analyzed in order to confirm that tornado,” NTP officials say.
“A damage survey in the area turned up no related damage. Therefore, the tornado was assigned an EF0-Default rating.
The tornado took place in Bagnall, Ontario at 2:45 p.m., NTP officials say.
“Witnesses captured video and photos of landspout tornado near Bagnall, southwest of Pain Court,” NTP officials added.
“No damage and no injuries were reported. An NTP ground and drone survey team searched for signs of damage on June 21, 2024, and did not discover any. As no damage was found and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-scale assessment is default EF0. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion. Start time is based on witness reports. A nearby funnel cloud was also reported, though there was no evidence of vortex contact with the surface.”
NTP was founded at Western University in 2017 with the support of social impact fund ImpactWX.
It aims to better detect tornado occurrence throughout Canada, improve severe and extreme weather understanding and prediction, mitigate against harm to people and property, and investigate future implications due to climate change.
Learn more, here.
