Missed EF2 Tornadoes in Canada from 2022 to 2024 and Radar Analysis

29 EF2 tornadoes in Canada from 2022 to 2024 were not warned for by the national meteorological service. The Northern Tornadoes Project at Western University compiled this data to assess alerting performance, coinciding with a national radar network upgrade. This dataset likely contains details on these events and associated radar observations.

Use Cases

• Analyze relationships between radar network characteristics and tornado warning issuance based on the study's focus.
• Assess the performance of severe weather alerting systems in Canada based on documented missed events.
• Study the impact of radar upgrades (e.g., scan time, Doppler coverage) on tornado detection capabilities as described.
• Identify patterns in 'missed' tornado events to inform future warning meteorology training and procedures.

Strengths

• Focuses on a specific, high-impact event type (EF2 tornadoes) over a defined 3-year period (2022-2024).
• Data is curated by the authoritative Northern Tornadoes Project, which is responsible for documenting all Canadian tornadoes.
• Context is provided by concurrent, significant upgrades to Canada's national weather radar network.

Limitations

• Row count and specific data columns are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at Western University, via Borealis Harvested Dataverse.

Collection Method

Detection, assessment, and documentation of tornado events, combined with analysis of national tornado event data and warnings.

Time Range

2022 to 2024

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04 04:13:49; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Canada