Two tornadoes carved 18 kilometres of damage near Kingston last week
The Northern Tornadoes Project documented two twisters that touched down on June 30, snapping trees and destroying farm buildings across eastern Ontario.
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Two tornadoes touched down near Kingston on June 30, carving a destructive path across eastern Ontario as a cold front collided with rising temperatures, according to the Northern Tornadoes Project, a research initiative at the University of Western Ontario.
The first tornado formed near Verona and tracked southeast for 18 kilometres through the Hartington and Harrowsmith areas, with a maximum path width of around half a kilometre. Researchers rated it an EF1 with wind speeds around 150 km/h, damaging trees and farms. Pieces of two barns with destroyed roofs were flung into neighbouring fields — the worst damage documented.
A second, weaker tornado struck Kingston at EF0 rating, creating a long path of tree damage from Silver Corners to Canadian Forces Base Kingston with estimated wind speeds of about 115 km/h. No injuries were reported from either tornado.
