New ON tornadoes: August 2 and 3
Careful and thorough NTP investigation has led to the confirmation of 7 new tornadoes in NW ON from the evening of Aug 2nd into the early morning hours of August 3rd. Six of the tornadoes developed as a bow-echo storm overtook a weak supercell near Grassy Narrows. The seventh tornado developed with this QLCS a few hours later near Savant Lake. The tornadoes ranged in intensity from EF1 to EF2. Details are provided in the summary information below. A radar image is also included.
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Event Name: Campfire Lake, ON
Date: August 2, 2022
Start Time: 8:50 PM CDT (0150 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF2
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-6
Start of damage track: 50.4961N, 94.1375W
End of damage of track: 50.4906N, 93.8964W
Location of worst damage: 50.4947N, 94.0206W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas near Campfire Lake, north of Grassy Narrows. Damage assessed as EF2 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 190 km/h, track length of 17.5 km and max. path width of 950 m. Tornado motion was from the W (approx. 270 degrees). Start time is radar estimated.
Event Name: Conifer Lake (1), ON
Date: August 2, 2022
Start Time: 8:55 PM CDT (0155 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF2
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-6
Start of damage track: 50.5822N, 94.0039W
End of damage of track: 50.6497N, 93.8678W
Location of worst damage: 50.6225N, 93.9006W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas at Conifer Lake, west of Ear Falls. Damage assessed as EF2 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 190 km/h, track length of 12.6 km and max. path width of 750 m. Tornado motion was from the SW (approx. 235 degrees). Start time is radar estimated.
Event Name: Conifer Lake (2), ON
Date: August 2, 2022
Start Time: 8:55 PM CDT (0155 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-5
Start of damage track: 50.6197N, 94.0122W
End of damage of track: 50.6294N, 93.9311W
Location of worst damage: 50.6236N, 93.9653W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas north of Conifer Lake, west of Ear Falls. Damage assessed as EF1 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 145 km/h, track length of 6.60 km and max. path width of 300 m. Tornado motion was from the W (approx. 260 degrees). Start time is radar estimated.
Event Name: Sumach Lake, ON
Date: August 2, 2022
Start Time: 8:55 PM CDT (0155 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-5
Start of damage track: 50.6461N, 93.9406W
End of damage of track: 50.6414N, 93.9167W
Location of worst damage: 50.6425N, 93.9247W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas north of Sumach Lake, west of Ear Falls. Damage assessed as EF1 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 145 km/h, track length of 1.77 km and max. path width of 350 m. Tornado motion was from the WNW (approx. 290 degrees). Start time is radar estimated.
Event Name: Overnight Lake (1), ON
Date: August 2, 2022
Start Time: 9:00 PM CDT (0200 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF2
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-6
Start of damage track: 50.6542N, 93.8642W
End of damage of track: 50.6872N, 93.6269W
Location of worst damage: 50.6644N, 93.7928W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas near Overnight Lake, west of Ear Falls. Damage assessed as EF2 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 190 km/h, track length of 17.3 km and max. path width of 1.06 km. Tornado motion was from the W (approx. 260 degrees). Start time is radar estimated. Concurrent downburst damage was also visible at the end of the tornado track and ending at Pakwash Lake, preliminarily assessed as EF0.
Event Name: Overnight Lake (2), ON
Date: August 2, 2022
Start Time: 9:10 PM CDT (0210 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-5
Start of damage track: 50.6856N, 93.7758W
End of damage of track: 50.6769N, 93.7333W
Location of worst damage: 50.6828N, 93.7631W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas near Overnight Lake, west of Ear Falls. Damage assessed as EF1 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 145 km/h, track length of 3.14 km and max. path width of 440 m. Tornado motion was from the WNW (approx. 290 degrees). Start time is radar estimated.
Event Name: Virginian Lake, ON
Date: August 3, 2022
Start Time: 12:10 AM CDT (0510 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-5
Start of damage track: 50.4392N, 90.3164W
End of damage of track: 50.4575N, 90.2464W
Location of worst damage: 50.4553N, 90.2597W
Description: Satellite imagery review of a storm track of interest revealed a tornado damage path through forested areas at Virginian Lake near Wabakimi Provincial Park. Damage assessed as EF1 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 145 km/h, track length of 6.60 km and max. path width of 400 m. Tornado motion was from the WSW (approx. 245 degrees). Start time is radar estimated.
Map showing the locations of the 7 tornadoes from Aug 2 and 3.
Before and after satellite images showing tree damage along part of the Conifer Lake(1) tornado path, with the max width measurement superimposed on the after image.
CASDR radar image showing reflectivity (left) and radial velocity (right) at the time of the Conifer Lake tornadoes.
