Damage near Dresden and Chatham confirmed EF0 damage

Teams from Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) were in the Chatham-Kent region to survey damage done in during a pair of storms last week.

On Saturday, NTP announced that two EF0 downbursts have been confirmed. One was at Bentpath, near Dresden at around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, the second was in Chatham at around 11 p.m. Thursday.

The Enhanced Fujita Scale (EF Scale) is used to assign a tornado a rating based on estimated wind speeds and related damage, it measures from EFU (unknown) to EF5.

A rating of EF0 means winds of 105-137 kilometres per hour (65-85 miles per hour) which can cause what's considered to be light damage.

According to NTP, the downburst near Dresden caused a wide path of destruction, which included damaged barns and snapped trees. The maximum wind speed was estimated at 125 km/h.

EF0 damage path near Dresden (Image courtesy of the Northern Tornadoes Project)Damage at 710 Marthaville Road (Image courtesy of the Northern Tornadoes Project)

The downburst in northeast Chatham uprooted and destroyed trees and lightly damaged rooves to several homes, NTP said in its report. The maximum wind speed was estimated at 125 km/h.

EF0 damage in Chatham (Image courtesy of the Northern Tornadoes Project)Uprooted and snapped trees near 242 Selkirk St. (Image courtesy of the Northern Tornadoes Project)