Emergency crews dealing with aftermath of reported tornado in southwestern Ontario
Amid a tornado warning for much of the area, a tornado potentially touched down in Ayr, Ont., on Saturday morning, according to North Dumfries Township.
On its website, the city noted that the tornado had potentially touched down near Greenfield and Northhumberland roads shortly before 10:50 a.m.
At 10:42, Environment Canada issued a tornado warning for the area which said they were “tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. This severe thunderstorm is located near Plattsville, moving northeast at 35 km.”
Environment Canada said it was investigating whether a tornado touched down in a southwestern Ontario community on Saturday as part of a storm system bringing thunder and heavy rain to much of the province.
Meteorologist Trudy Kidd told the Canadian Press radar images suggest a tornado began at 10:36 a.m. in Ayr, roughly 115 kilometres west of Toronto. A team from the Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University was on the ground gathering more details.
A damaging tornado was reported by a trained spotter in the Drumbo area SW of Kitchener / Cambridge. An NTP storm damage survey team is preparing to leave for the area from London now.
A tornado warning remains in place in that region – seek shelter if in the area. <a href=«https://twitter.com/hashtag/ONstorm?src=hash&ref_src=» https:>#ONstorm
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— Northern Tornadoes Project
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