Two tornadoes confirmed for London, Ont. on July 10
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The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has confirmed two EF0 tornadoes occurred in London, Ont. on Wednesday July 10, 2024.
As “peak tornado season’ approaches, the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has confirmed two EF0 tornadoes occurred in London, Ont. on Wednesday July 10, 2024.
“One of the things that we saw as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl was moving across the region is a few videos posted of what appeared to be, funnel clouds, potentially touching down in the region,” said Dr. Connell Miller, an engineering researcher with NTP.
A NTP storm survey team was able to find evidence of wind damage in both locations.
“There is mostly tree damage, and crop damage,” said Miller. “We found evidence of a tornado path going through a field of corn around Gainsborough and Hyde Park, as well as just branches and trees that have been snapped... It was enough to reconstruct a tornado path.”
NTP credits Andrew Colvin and Daniel Hart for contributing video, telling CTV News they rely heavily on social media’s citizen scientists and storm chasers as they don’t have staff to cover all of Canada.
In the West London event, NTP classified the tornado as an EF0 event starting around 4 p.m.
A ground survey on July 11 was completed and NTP estimates wind reached 90 km/h.
