Trees down, damage reported after tornado in Ayr, Ont.
CTV
A tornado was spotted near Ayr, Ontario in the Greenfield Road and Northumberland Street area around 10:50 a.m. Saturday.
Tornado watches and warnings have ended across Ontario.
Environment Canada issued a warning for the Region of Waterloo Saturday morning. The warning became a watch through the afternoon, and later became a special weather statement warning of significant rainfall.
Shortly after the warning was issued, a funnel cloud was reported in North Dumfries.
A tornado was spotted in Ayr, Ontario in the Greenfield Road and Northumberland Street area around 10:50 a.m. Saturday.
A team from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project travelled to Ayr and confirmed a tornado touched down, but they are still trying to determine the storm’s class.
David Sills, Executive Director of the Northern Tornadoes Project said, “In this case, there was so much video evidence. You can see the clear funnel cloud with debris rotating around it. We know it's a tornado. Our job here now is to read it. So on the [Enhanced Fujita] scale 0 to 5. And how long? How wide. Characteristics of it.”
