Twin waterspout tornadoes spin over Lake Simcoe, residents watch from Beaverton
At around 8:00 pm on the evening of the August 9, a storm quickly pulsed and briefly took on supercell characteristics over the east side of Lake Simcoe. Two waterspouts spun up over the lake near Beaverton. Residents and boaters in the area captured photos and videos of the twin tornadoes which occurred close to the shoreline. This waterspout was the larger of the two, a needle-shaped tornado that lasted for several minutes. One photograph of the event suggests there may have been a third waterspout that occurred simultaneously, but this is difficult to confirm.
#onstorm 8:01p SQUALL WARNING ISSUED
Updated or ended by 9:59PM.
Squalls with wind gusts up to 35 knots & waterspout activity are expected or occurring in the area.
Lake Simcoehttps://t.co/iO0GLelzcE
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 10, 2018
Just had a water spout on Lake Simcoe! Pretty cool from the comfort of the cottage! Glad we were off the paddle boards! @jilltaylor680 pic.twitter.com/ShL2xwiELs
— Mary (@chateaugaston) August 10, 2018
Front row seats #Beaverton #lakesimcoe #tornado #FunnelCloud @globalnews #waterspout? pic.twitter.com/DIanLqQVvn
— Leigh Billinghurst (@LeighBilli) August 10, 2018
Tom T. posted this from the “East side of (Lake) Simcoe not too long ago.”
:O
Wow!
Did anyone else spot this?
– Adam S. #onstorm #onwx #Waterspout pic.twitter.com/rzqb24ZEVs
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 10, 2018
#onstorm #onwx Twins! Looks like the storm over Lake Simcoe produced multiple waterspouts at once. There’s at least 2 touching the water, but a third funnel cloud to the left of the picture could be another waterspout.
Photo courtesy of Wendy G.
– Brennen P. pic.twitter.com/aDreLiDT6i
— Instant Weather ON (@IWeatherON) August 10, 2018
Looks like this may be the storm that produced the likely #tornado over the eastern part of Lake Simcoe earlier this evening. Some very tight rotation at the lowest radar angle, and looks like a supercell, but came and went very quickly. Very little lightning with these storms. pic.twitter.com/Cz3MWsb3Fd
— Dave Sills (@dave_sills) August 10, 2018
The radial velocity couplet on the 1.5 deg King City radar tilt looks more convincing…though the couplet is located east of where the reflectivity pattern suggests it might be. Another unusual case in southern Ontario…imagine! 😉 pic.twitter.com/LaHag8DrIP
— Dave Sills (@dave_sills) August 10, 2018
