It's been confirmed that a tornado touched down in Perth County, near Gads Hill, on Sunday.
A team from the Northern Tornadoes Project out of Western University surveyed the damage Tuesday.
The tornado has been classified as an EF1 with maximum wind speeds of 150 km/h, traveled just over 4 km and was 400 m wide. It cased damage to a farm and trees.
The team also identified downburst damage south of Stratford and in the Palmerston and Arthur areas where wind speeds were between 115 to 120 km/h.
Final update today - the @westernuNTP survey team confirmed that a tornado caused EF1 damage at Gads Hill on Jul 19. Max wind 150 km/h, length 4.2 km, max width 400 m. Damage to a farm and trees.
Tomorrow morning the team will investigate damage in the Thedford area. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/7hTe13j57D— Northern Tornadoes Project (@westernuNTP) July 22, 2020
