Tornado touched down in Winnipeg's River Heights neighbourhood Sunday night

A tornado touched down in Winnipeg's River Heights neighbourhood during Sunday evening's storm, the Northern Tornadoes Project has confirmed.

Assessed as an EF-1, the tornado reached a maximum wind speed of 155 km/h, and had a path length of about two kilometres and a maximum path width of 150 metres, the tornadoes project said.

While no injuries were reported, the tornado, which began at about 6:30 p.m., damaged homes, roofs, trees and moved a car across a front lawn.

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Many people in Winnipeg's Westwood and River Heights areas were without power for days, with about 600 homes without power as of mid-afternoon Wednesday.

Manitoba Hydro previously said around 4,000 people were without power Monday morning.

The Northern Tornadoes Project is based at Western University in London, Ont. Project researchers conducted ground and drone surveys of River Heights in the days after the storm, including using satellite imagery to help reveal tree damage.

Another tornado touched down in the small town of Bénard, Man., west of Elie, on the same evening. It damaged grain bins and several buildings on a farm, the project confirmed Wednesday afternoon.

An EF-1 classification includes tornadoes that reach wind speeds of 135-175 km/h.

Preliminary estimates from Environment and Climate Change Canada indicate about 35 millimetres of rain hit Winnipeg's airport Sunday night, with about 63 millimetres at The Forks.

The tornado is the second in Winnipeg this summer, after one hit the Whyte Ridge area, damaging roofs and uprooting trees, in June.

Thumbnail courtesy of Prabhjot Singh Lotey/CBC.

The story was originally written by Justin Fiacconi and published for CBC News. With files from Riley Laychuk