EF0 tornado spins up east of Bailieboro near Rice Lake, damages farm & forest

This tornado spun up east of Bailieboro, to the west of Rice Lake, at around 7:30pm as a line of severe storms cut through Central Ontario. It immediately struck a farm near Pengelly Landing and damaged small outbuildings, fences and trees, and peeled roofing off of a barn. From there the tornado tracked to the northeast, snapping and uprooting trees for approximately 2km. Storm chaser Jay Callaghan captured close-range video of the rain-wrapped tornado as it sheered the tops off of trees at the edge of an adjacent field.

Here’s the outlook for tomorrow, rainy and stormy with a risk of a tornado across Southern & Eastern Ontario.#onstorm pic.twitter.com/OPMpKWG0sh

— Tom Stef (@vaughanweather) August 20, 2018

Tornado Risk Mentioned by Environment Canada for Niagara and Areas North of Lake Ontario.

Details and locations here: https://t.co/URU55H0So8#onstorm #onwx #tornado pic.twitter.com/DIZ1WcOWVi

— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 21, 2018

Possible small tornado tried to spin up west of Bailieboro south of @Ptbo_Canada #onstorm @IWeatherON @environmentca @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/SiqiS30keO

— Jay Callaghan (@caltek79) August 21, 2018

Not the best video but there was spin up over field near left side of the group of bushes.

I had to end video abruptly as power lines above were of concern.

Captured this #onstorm cell just past Bailieboro pic.twitter.com/oPGjsQSFNG

— Jay Callaghan (@caltek79) August 22, 2018