Tornado misses Barrie to the north, minor damage between Guthrie & Oro Station
This tornado developed at around 8:05pm as a cluster of supercell thunderstorms tracked from Simcoe County into the Kawarthas. It spun up around 5th Line South and Highway 11, near Guthrie Public School, then tracked east-southeastward to Oro Station. Environment Canada and Instant Weather ON did impressive jobs issuing and communicating warnings in advance of the tornado, and storm chasers Mark Robinson and Dave Sills did an excellent job documenting the event. Robinson streamed video in real-time with information and footage as the event unfolded. Area residents also captured the tornado in photos and videos, a classic cone that was fully condensed to the ground. The tornado travelled for around 5 kilometres and had a path that was up to 200 metres wide. It uprooted and snapped trees, bent a 20-metre tall communication tower in half, knocked over fences and damaged small outbuildings. The tornado earned a preliminary rating of high-end EF0.
#onstorm #onwx Rotation on this storm heading towards Hwy 11 north of Barrie.
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY
– Brennen P. pic.twitter.com/DK37U0qmwM
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 27, 2018
#onstorm #onwx Strong Rotation Detected (Tornado or Wind Damage Likely)
A severe thunderstorm within the alerted region is showing signs of strong rotation which indicates that damaging wind gusts and/or a tornado is already occuring or is imminent. https://t.co/DfMNrvjTJ1
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 27, 2018
#onstorm 7:49p TORNADO WARNING ISSUED
Updated or ended by 8:48PM.
At 7:49PM, EC meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail & locally intense rainfall are also possible.
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 27, 2018
#onstorm #onwx Tornado touchdown near Oro line 4 north of Hwy 11.
Thanks to Andrew C. for sharing this photo.
– Brennen P. pic.twitter.com/SO7kVllke7
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 28, 2018
#onstorm #onwx Woah! 😮 Up close video of the tornado earlier north of Barrie.
Courtesy of Ray D. pic.twitter.com/U4o8FebLHw
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 28, 2018
Tornado https://t.co/3DWYgSItWJ
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) August 28, 2018
Dangerous situation now. @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/zUYbZXY9EQ
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) August 28, 2018
Big wallcloud @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/oCCdqXsF3V
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) August 28, 2018
Here we go again. This was about a half hour ago. @weathernetwork just north of Lake Simcoe. #onstom pic.twitter.com/1xPZQRShvI
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) August 28, 2018
Tornado behind my house tonight. Never thought I'd see one #ONStorm @IWeatherCanada pic.twitter.com/1DhMi5aywm
— Chris Dennie (@Cdennie24) August 28, 2018
@CTVNews @CTVBarrieNews @IWeatherCanada brief tornado sighting in Guthrie just N of Barrie. #ONStorm pic.twitter.com/3nEW0ECJjC
— Jordan Coros (@Jordancoros512) August 28, 2018
And thanks to my dash cam, I have proof (it was so tough keeping up with this thing that I never did get any camera shots of the tornado). This is taken heading S on Line 7 in Oro E of Barrie. There may have in fact been two tornadoes here – will be investigating this… #onstorm pic.twitter.com/66EbcJLS7P
— Dave Sills (@dave_sills) August 28, 2018
Our view from Big Bay Point of the second tornado last night in Oro. @weathernetwork @StormhunterTWN @Mr_Cowl #onstorm pic.twitter.com/xjgqf4wiCs
— Janelle Damen Cowl (@JDamenCowl) August 28, 2018
Here’s some rough video of the Oro tornado from Big Bay Point #onstorm @weathernetwork @JDamenCowl @IWeatherON pic.twitter.com/aqIcaBavs5
— Tim Cowl (@Mr_Cowl) August 28, 2018
Found a track of minor damage south of Hwy 11 – worst so far is this 20m comm tower bent in half toward the SE. Lots of excited locals milling around, thankful it wasn't worse. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/1eVLZNljSE
— Dave Sills (@dave_sills) August 28, 2018
Oro Station so far has the most significant damage, but it’s pretty light, all things considered. @weathernetwork #onstorm pic.twitter.com/mpAeUJJIUV
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) August 28, 2018
A crane is brought into an Oro Medonte neighbourhood after a tornado touched down last night. Several homes received some damage clean up underway today. pic.twitter.com/4ki8u6zgRj
— Rob Cooper (@robcooperctv) August 28, 2018
