Thursday, August 18, 2011

Environment Canada Confirms Dryden Tornado

Environment Canada has released more details on Tuesday's tornado that touched down Tuesday afternoon.

Officials say the tornado tracked roughly 80-kilometres from Oxdrift, north of the Dryden Airport and northeast between Lac Seul and Sioux Lookout.

The tornado is being rated as a Fujita scale zero event, which is the weakest on the scale.

Environment Canada says peak winds likely reached 110-kilometres an hour.

Both Environment Canada and the Ministry of Natural Resources are reporting no significant damage.