Tornado confirmed in northern Quebec from Thursday's strong storms
The twister, near Manawan, has been given an EF-0 rating by Environment Canada.
The storms that rolled through Quebec on Thursday produced at least one tornado, though it's not clear if it did any damage.
The twister was spotted in the community of Manawan in northern Quebec at around 6:30 p.m. in the evening Thursday. On Friday, Environment and Climate Change Canada confirmed that it was a tornado.
"The intensity of the tornado was rated in the EF-0 category. Associated wind speeds were estimated from 105 to 137 kilometres per hour," the weather agency said in a statement.
That system also produced heavy rainfall in several areas, the highest total of which was 103 mm measured in Wageguma in the Parent region.
Friday's tornado was Quebec's third of the season, a good way toward the province's annual average of four or five. The other two include an EF-0 twister on June 24th in the Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc area near Lake Saint-Jean that snapped some branches and overturned a pontoon, and an unrated tornado on June 28th in Saint-Sebastien that did no damage.
Canada's tornado season has been a mixed bag so far, though Ontario has had a very active 2020, with 15 confirmed tornadoes, above the provincial average of 12 or 13.
