{"id":666958,"date":"2026-05-13T15:49:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666958\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:49:15","slug":"first-tornado-and-microburst-of-2026-confirmed-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/666958\/","title":{"rendered":"First tornado and microburst of 2026 confirmed in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on May. 13, 2026, 10:56 AM<\/p>\n

Canada’s first confirmed tornado of 2026, an EF0 with 110 km\/h winds, touches down in Granton, Ontario<\/p>\n

The Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) has confirmed Canada’s first tornado and microburst of 2026<\/a> following a detailed damage survey conducted earlier this week. The storm, which passed through the Lucan, Ont. area on May 9, produced both an EF0 tornado and an EF0 microburst \u2014 the lowest rating on the Enhanced Fujita Scale.<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS: When does Canada usually see its first tornado of the year?<\/a><\/p>\n

The EF0 microburst caused damage to a barn, removing its roof during the brief event, while the EF0 tornado toppled a vehicle, a solar panel on a pedestal, and broke large branches from trees. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

\"Baron-May 9 \u2013 Lucan, Ont.<\/p>\n

NTP conducted ground and drone surveys on May 10, 2026, confirming an EF0 microburst south of Lucan during a May 9 storm. The microburst, with an estimated maximum wind speed of 130 km\/h, caused damage to a farm building. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n

The start time for the event is radar-estimated, and a satellite review is still underway.<\/p>\n

\"NTP<\/p>\n

\nOblique drone image showing the removed roof and fallen walls of a large barn impacted by the EF0 microburst. The barn had large openings on each end \/ Northern Tornadoes Project<\/p>\n

May 9 \u2013 Granton, Ont.<\/p>\n

The same storm also produced an EF0 tornado south of Granton, with maximum wind speeds estimated at 110 km\/h. Damage included the toppling of a truck pulling a trailer and impacts to a solar panel. Limited weak tree damage was also documented in a small area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on May. 13, 2026, 10:56 AM Canada’s first confirmed tornado of 2026, an EF0 with 110 km\/h…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,905,19512],"class_list":["post-666958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-ontario","tag-tornado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}