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List of Canadian tornadoes in 2023

List of Canadian tornadoes in 2023

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This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by Environment Canada and the University of Western Ontario's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) in Canada throughout 2023. Based on statistical modelling by Sills et al. (2012), an average of 230 tornadoes likely occur across the country each year; however, only 61 of these are actually documented annually based on 1980–2009 averages.[1] This makes Canada the second-most active country in the world for tornadoes.[2] The majority of confirmed events occur in the more densely populated areas of southern Canada, where people are around to report them.[3] In Alberta specifically, meteorologists estimated that 30–50 percent of tornadoes that actually occur go unreported, with NTP executive director David Sills stating, "we just don't get reports from the moose."[4] In an attempt to better document the nation's tornadoes, the NTP was founded in 2017 as a joint venture by the University of Western Ontario and ImpactWX. Their initial scope was to catalogue previously unrecognized tornadoes in densely forested areas across Ontario and Quebec; however, this later expanded to tornadoes nationwide in 2019.[1]

The year started slowly, possibly due to thunderstorm activity being suppressed by smoke from record-breaking wildfires.[2] The first tornado of 2023 occurred on May 11 in Alberta while the strongest was an EF4 tornado on July 1, also in Alberta. The most active day of the year was an outbreak of 10 EF0 tornadoes on June 14 in rural areas of Alberta.[5]

Annual summary

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List of confirmed tornadoes

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Notes

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    All dates are based on the local time zone where the tornado touched down; however, all times are in Coordinated Universal Time for consistency.

References

  1. [1]
    Sills et al. 2020, p. E2115.
  2. [2]
    Both, Michelle (June 14, 2023). "'Just chaos': Tornado touches down in Talbotville and narrowly misses restaurant, house". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  3. [3]
    Sills et al. 2020, p. E2114.
  4. [4]
    Fieber, Pamela (June 19, 2019). "Researchers use hi-res satellite data to track tornadoes in unpopulated areas of Alberta". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
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    "Tornado Outbreak in Alberta". University of Western Ontario. Northern Tornadoes Project. June 15, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  6. [6]
    "Northern Tornadoes Project Event Dashboard". University of Western Ontario. Northern Tornadoes Project. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  7. [7]
    "Outstanding Prairie May and June Events". University of Western Ontario. Northern Tornadoes Project. June 16, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  8. [8]
    Fuller, Jordan (May 29, 2023). "Rowatt, SK - May 27, 2023 - Preliminary Event Summary Map". University of Western Ontario. Northern Tornadoes Project. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  9. [9]
    Frew, Nicholas (May 28, 2023). "Tornado touched down south of Regina Saturday night, Environment Canada confirms". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Saskatchewan records just one tornado in 2023".
  11. [11]
    "Two tornadoes in Manitoba". University of Western Ontario. Northern Tornadoes Project. June 24, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  12. [12]
    Hoye, Bryce (June 27, 2023). 3 tornadoes touched down during 'very intense' western Manitoba storms last week, experts say (Report). CBC News. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Another June 20th tornado in Manitoba". University of Western Ontario. Northern Tornadoes Project. June 26, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  14. [14]
    Preliminary Assessment of Tornado Near Didsbury on July 1, 2023 (Report). Environment Canada. July 4, 2023. Archived from the original on July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  15. [15]
    Markus, Jade (July 2, 2023). "Alberta tornado witness says twister hit homes leaving damage, gas 'spewing' and power lines down". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
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    "Didsbury AB Tornado an EF4". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 4, 2023. Retrieved July 4, 2023.
  17. [17]
    Northern Tornadoes Project [@westernuNTP] (July 2, 2023). "Two NTP survey teams will be investigating the damage caused by a powerful tornado in the Didsbury, AB area yesterday. An NTP team captured this image of the ground scour track going off into the distance last evening. They are coordinating with @ECCCWeatherAB who are also on the scene. #ABstorm" (Tweet). Retrieved July 2, 2023 – via Twitter.
  18. [18]
    Beaudry, Anika (July 6, 2023). "Tornado confirmed in Hamilton – first in 18 years". The Weather Network. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  19. [19]
    "More Events from July 13 in Ontario". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 19, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  20. [20]
    "Two EF0-Default tornadoes in Alberta". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  21. [21]
    "A tornado and microburst in QC from July 18". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 21, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  22. [22]
    "Tornadoes over water in ON and NB". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 24, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  23. [23]
    "Tornadoes and downbursts in SW ON on July 20". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 24, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  24. [24]
    "Tornado and downburst in SW ON on July 26". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 28, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  25. [25]
    "Tornado and downburst in Manitoba on July 26". Northern Tornadoes Project. July 29, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.

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