Northern Tornadoes Project 🇨🇦
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Founded in 2017 by Western University with ImpactWX, NTP aims to detect and document all tornadoes in Canada and uncover Canada’s true tornado climatology.
London, Ontario
Joined June 2019
NTP's Annual Report for 2024 is now available! The 2024 Canadian tornado season started Mar 16 and ended Nov 10 - the longest on record since at least 1980. Press release with link to the report:
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RT @westernuCSSL: There is one remaining online info session for those interested in CSSL intern opportunities - Jan 23 at 7 pm ET. Note th…
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@CattleDog22 @Les_April Hello - the Northern Tornadoes Project is continuing to do research on the devastating derecho of 21 May 2022. Would you be able to tell me where these injuries took place? Just the cities or towns is enough. Thanks!
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The NTP systematic satellite imagery review for 2024 also turned up 11 new tornadoes from 2013 to 2023! The following blog post provides details for these, as well as for a damage track reported on social media and confirmed by NTP as a tornado from 1988:
At the end of each year, NTP staff undertake a systematic review of satellite imagery to find any forest damage that may have been missed. In 2024, it turned up 14 new tornadoes. Add in a couple of stragglers, and the 2024 count goes up to 129! Details:
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@SuperCellzWX From NTP database - Old farm house obliterated to foundation, trees sheared off with debarking, several outbuildings including a Quonset destroyed, grain storage bins and machinery damaged. Surprisingly, review of historical satellite imagery showed no evidence of the tornado.
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@IsaacKrauss_Wx @tornado_easton Congrats guys - you found an F2 tornado with a 29 km length and a width of just over 1 km! Date/time appears to be 13 Jun 1988 at 00 UTC (so occurred on Jun 12 local). We'll add that to our database. Thanks.
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RT @westernuCSSL: There will be two online info sessions for those interested in CSSL intern opportunities - Jan 8 at 12:30 PM ET and Jan 2…
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@EthanBolziccoWX Yes. Meets FR12 DOD10 EXP, so 320 km/h. And EF5 in Canada is 315 km/h or higher. We don’t have the unfortunate 1 mph issue that the US implementation of the EF scale does.
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RT @CMOS_SCMO: Toronto Centre presents: The Canadian Severe Storms Laboratory - A new era in thunderstorm hazard data and research by Dr.…
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RT @westernuCSSL: Dive into real-world research and fieldwork with the CSSL Summer Internship Program! Learn more and apply here: https://…
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Here's the latest tornado count graph for Canada. So far, 2024 has earliest start (March 16) and most tornado days (55) in the NTP era. Our end-of-season satellite imagery review has turned up a number of 2024 events that need to be added, so still more tornadoes to come!
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We are happy to add the @XtremChaseQuebe team as a Northern Tornadoes Project Super-Contributor! The team will be sent ball caps and can add the NTP e-certificate to the their social media profiles. Interested in becoming an NTP Super-Contributor? See
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