This tornado caused damage to a farm near Kuhryville at about 6:25 pm. There, a large barn had its roof and a wall torn off and thrown, with small pieces of debris being carried as far as a kilometre. A large pole barn was shifted off of its foundation and collapsed, and trees were snapped and uprooted. This was one of two tornadoes to strike Southern Ontario on this day; the other was an F1 near Winthrop.
Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 2:00 pm EDT, which shows a cold front slicing through southern Ontario, where a moist and unstable atmosphere is present. This cold front initiated thunderstorms in the afternoon hours of May 15th, which ultimately led to two F1 tornadoes.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F1 tornado touched down at 6:25 pm near Kuhryville, ON. The path and width of the tornado was not documented by ECCC. The tornado caused no fatalities or injuries, but caused $50 thousand dollars in property damage.
Sources
NWS Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Archive. (2017). Surface analysis 18Z Tue May 15 2007. 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/
