Bad News: After a tornado struck Ayr, Ontario, trees were down and damage was reported….

After a tornado struck Ayr, Ontario, trees were down and damage was reported.

In Ontario, the watches and warnings for tornadoes have stopped.

On Saturday morning, Environment Canada issued a warning for the Waterloo Region. After turning into a watch for the remainder of the afternoon, the warning was upgraded to a special weather statement that included a warning of heavy rain.

North Dumfries reported seeing a funnel cloud shortly after the alert was issued.

tornado close to Ayr, Ontario.
Around 10:50 a.m. on Saturday, a tornado was observed close to Ayr, Ontario, along Greenfield Road and Northumberland Street.

Although they have determined that a tornado touched down in Ayr, a team from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project is still investigating the storm’s class.

The Northern Tornadoes Project’s executive director, David Sills, stated, “There was a ton of video footage in this case. The debris spinning around the transparent funnel cloud is seen. It’s a tornado, as we know. It is now our task to read it. Accordingly, 0 to 5 on the [Enhanced Fujita] scale. For what length of time? How broad. Features of it.

significant tornado that passed through.

Roads littered with debris urged drivers to drive carefully as some trees snapped in half.

With a big tree over the road and electricity cables sagging towards the earth, Greenfield Road was impassable.

It was confirmed at 11:30 a.m. by the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) that the route was closed between Trussler route and Northumberland Street because of broken hydro poles.

According to resident Mary Jean Page, the tornado passed over swiftly, and she is happy that her house was spared damage. “We’ve frequently witnessed tornadoes travel down the river. The river’s flow seemed to be appealing to them. I have no idea why that is.

Constable Melissa Quarrie, the public information officer for the WRPS, stated that calls began to come in soon after the emergency alert was issued at 10:43 a.m.

At that moment, calls from the affected community began to come in. And the Home Hardware store in North Dumfries Township was the location of the first complaint we received regarding hazardous conditions or damages.

Evaluating the harm
Significant damage was inflicted by the Home Hardware store located at the intersection of Greenfield Road and Northumberland Street.