Survey team confirms a tornado touched down in Hamilton Wednesday
Posted October 1, 2020 6:57 am.
Last Updated October 1, 2020 2:32 pm.
You may have seen a sprinkle of rain around the GTA on Wednesday, but some people in the northern Hamilton were slammed by a violent thunderstorm around the dinner hour — that spawned a tornado.
A survey team associated with Environment Canada, the Northern Tornadoes Project, confirms that a brief tornado caused a narrow path of damage near the hamlet of Strabane.
The team rates it an EF1, with maximum sustained winds of 150 km/hr.
The @westernuNTP storm survey team confirms that a brief tornado caused a narrow path of damage in the Strabane area of Hamilton, ON at 4:30 PM yesterday. Outbuilding destroyed, barn roof shifted/damaged, trees snapped, truck overturned. Max wind of 150 km/h, rated EF1. #ONstorm pic.twitter.com/7JDEbLsnq2
— Northern Tornadoes Project ???????? (@westernuNTP) October 1, 2020
Photos online show some significant damage to vehicles and homes in the rural area.
Apparently, nobody was hurt.
Environment Canada is at what’s left of Thiara Farms in Flamborough to confirm a tornado tore through the property around 4:30 yesterday afternoon. A family member describes a grey cloud coming down, quickly destroying the property, lifting plants and debris 150 ft up. @680NEWS pic.twitter.com/KRXbKClwQs
— Mark Douglas (@DouglasCityNews) October 1, 2020
The GTHA could be in for another unpredictable afternoon with boil-up thunderstorms possible across the region today.
