Breslau, ON F1 Tornado of April 25, 2009

Waterloo - Wellington


A barn had its roof torn away and the top was blown off of a silo. A trailer was overturned and trees snapped and uprooted. This tornado struck at 4:15 pm.

This was one of five tornadoes that touched down across the province on April 25; the others were an F0 at Round Lake Centre, an F0 Guelph, an F0 at Windsor, and an F0 at Ottawa.

Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 2:00 pm EDT, which shows a cold front over the Great Lakes and Michigan. This front became the focus of intense thunderstorms through the afternoon/evening hours of April 25th, which ultimately led to several tornadoes across southern Ontario.

Figure 1. Surface analysis at 18Z on April 25, 2009 showing mean sea-level pressure (MSLP) contours, surface observations, fronts and pressure centres (WPC, 2017)

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F1 tornado touched down at 4:15 pm near Breslau, ON. The path and width of the tornado was not documented by ECCC. The tornado caused no fatalities, injuries or property damage.


Sources

NWS Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Archive. (2017). Surface analysis 18Z Sat Apr 25 2009. Retrieved from: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/sfc/sfc_archive.php

Environment and Climate Change Canada Data. (2018). Canadian National Tornado Database: Verified Events (1980-2009) – Public. Retrieved from: http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/weather/products/canadian-national-tornado-database-verified-events-1980-2009-public/