Researchers confirming Nova Scotia has been hit by another twister thanks to some help from a seasoned storm chaser.
The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University in Ontario says the tornado touched down in the province on July 22nd, only weeks after the first one to hit our province in 22 years was confirmed.
Researchers say a veteran tornado chaser captured video of the storm near Antrim in the Musquodoboit Valley at 3:44 p.m.
Another tornado – albeit weak – in Nova Scotia.
An experienced chaser reported a tornado near Antrim, NS and provided clear video of the intercept (hoping to post that later). NTP has assessed this as an EF0-Default tornado with max wind speed 90 km/h. Details below. #NSStorm pic.twitter.com/h80Ia0aYSY
— Northern Tornadoes Project
(@westernuNTP) July 29, 2021
The group has determined it was an EF0-Default tornado with a max wind speed of 90 km per hour. Researchers say in terms of tornadoes this is considered a weak one.
Trees were seen bending due to the storm’s impact, but no damage was recorded in the area.
Researchers add a satellite imagery review of the region also failed to detect any damage, but say that is typical with such a classification of tornado.
Meantime, the group confirmed earlier this month an EF1 tornado brought maximum winds of 155 km per hour to the Stewiacke region on June 30th.
Researchers made their conclusion after Environment and Climate Change Canada conducted a ground survey on July 1st.
The system obliterated a barn on a farm in the community and resulted in damage to nearby structures and trees.
That tornado stayed on the ground for about 600 metres and grew to a width of about 50 metres.
