The question of whether a tornado was responsible for the damage following Wednesday's severe weather in Altona has been answered. 

The storm's strong wind gusts blew a backyard trampoline into some neighbouring hydro wires. MBHydro/Twitter.

Late Friday afternoon, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), along with the Northern Tornadoes Project, issued a report on the storm and confirmed that tornado did take place around 12:30 p.m. that day.

The conclusion, according to ECCC, is based on video of the tornado along with multiple reports of damage. As well, the Northern Tornado Project conducted an on-site survey of the damage the following day.

According to the report, the tornado was rated as an EF-0, packing wind speeds of 120 km/h. The Northern Tornadoes Project reports on its Twitter account that, according to the ground survey and video submitted by ECCC, the 50 metre wide tornado travelled 1.8 kms in a SSW motion.

ECCC noted that the results of the survey, including the rating of the tornado's strength, are preliminary and subject to change if more information comes in.

Anyone with additional pictures and/or video of the tornado and the resulting damage are asked to submit them to ECCC via email to mbstorm@canada.ca, or via Twitter using the hashtag #mbstorm.

The path of the tornado as established by the Northern Tornadoes Project. Northern Tornadoes Project/Twitter.