Scientists with Western University's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) confirm two tornadoes touched down in eastern Ontario towns on Wednesday, with one causing some minor damage.
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Witnesses captured video of the first tornado that touched down southwest of Newington, Ont. at approximately 3:25 p.m. on Aug. 21.
No damage or injuries were reported.
The tornado was labelled EF0 on the Fujita scale, which is the smallest or lowest a tornado can register.
A little later, NTP confirmed they were able to track the path of another EF0 tornado that landed in Morrisburg at approximately 3:45 p.m.
Morrisburg is located about 40 kilometres southwest of Newington and 80 kilometres south of Ottawa.
Weak damage to trees, a fence and a gazebo were reported, but there were no injuries.
The survey team also spoke to witnesses who said they saw a funnel cloud in the area.
"Damage assessed as EF0 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 115 km/h, track length of 0.59 km and max. path width of 70 m. Tornado motion was from the N (approx. 10 degrees)," NTP said.
An NTP ground and drone survey was completed on Thursday, where the damage was documented and reported.
Further investigation of imagery collected for both tornadoes is pending.
