Investigators have confirmed a third late-season tornado touched down in New Brunswick earlier this month – on the exact same day as two others.
According to the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP), it landed on November 1 and was an EF1 just like the one in Sheffield, which left a track 12 kilometres long.
This one was near Churchs Corner and damaged trees along a narrow path.
The third tornado confirmed that day was an EF0 in Harvey that caused only minor damage.
Dr. David Sills is the executive director of NTP based at Western University in London, Ont.
NTP started in 2017 and now covers every tornado in Canada. They investigate, asses, rate, then make the data public.
Sills says New Brunswick is not as active for tornados as Quebec or Ontario but does see the weather phenomenon more frequently than places like Nova Scotia or Newfoundland.
He told our newsroom that for tornadoes to happen on November 1, makes for a very long season, with the first touching down on March 16.
“But what is pretty rare with these tornadoes is the time of year they occurred on November 1. That’s really late for any tornado across Canada, let alone New Brunswick. So that’s what’s interesting. The latest tornado on record in New Brunswick before was back in the 1960s and that, I think it was September 21 I believe.”
He says as the climate warms up, the season will be extended.
-with files from Tara Clow
