About 20km to the northeast of Barry’s Bay, the tornado snapped dozens of trees, tossed a barbecue and crumpled an antenna that was designed to sustain winds of 160 kilometres per hour. It touched down at 4:00 pm.
This was one of five tornadoes that touched down across the province on April 25; the others were an F1 at Breslau, an F0 Guelph, an F0 at Windsor, and an F0 at Ottawa.
Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 2:00 pm EDT, which shows a cold front over the Great Lakes and Michigan. This front became the focus of intense thunderstorms through the afternoon/evening hours of April 25th, which ultimately led to several tornadoes across southern Ontario.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F0 tornado touched down at 4:00 pm near Round Lake Centre, ON. The path and width of the tornado was not documented by ECCC. The tornado caused no fatalities, injuries or property damage.
Sources
NWS Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Archive. (2017). Surface analysis 18Z Sat Apr 25 2009. 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/
