Touching down at about 4:15 pm, the tornado travelled for 10 kilometres and had a width of about 200 metres. Along its path it produced light damage, including uprooted trees, downed power poles to a house where the chimney was knocked off. Environment Canada damage surveyors estimated the damage to be around $20,000.
Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 2:00 pm EDT, which shows a stationary front across eastern Ontario. This stationary boundary acted as the focus for thunderstorms and ultimately this F0 tornado.
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According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F0 tornado touched down at 4:15 pm EDT near Hazzards Corner, ON. The tornado travelled for 10 km with a maximum width of 200 metres. The tornado caused no fatalities or injuries, but caused $20 thousand dollars in property damage.
Sources
NWS Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Archive. (2017). Surface analysis 18Z Fri May 5 2000. 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/