Initially rated an F1, but upgraded to an F2, the strongest of the evening tornadoes touched down south of Barry's Bay, in the town of Combermere at 8:30 p.m. EDT. With the video footage and reports, the tornado did extensive damage in the town and a nearby trailer camp site. Numerous trees and hydro poles were snapped. Two train cars were lifted off a rail line. A local Home Hardware store warehouse was also completely destroyed, several structures including trailers were also heavily damaged or destroyed and cottages and decks sustained significant damage with possible reports of cottages being thrown on the shores and in some cases into the nearby Madawaska River. A state of emergency was declared in that area as damage was pegged in the millions of dollars. It had a path of about 3 kilometres long and 300 metres wide.