July 20, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter
DAVIDSON, Sask. – Parts of south-central Saskatchewan have been hammered with hail, heavy rain and even a twister.
During a public alert issued Tuesday night, Environment Canada said a tornado had been reported touching down in a rural area near Davidson, Sask., and pictures posted to social media showed downed trees.
Ricky Forbes, a storm chaser with CMT’s show “Tornado Chaser,” saw the twister reach land but said it “wasn’t on the ground too long.”
Throughout the evening, Environment Canada issued tornado warnings for communities such as Outlook, Moose Jaw, Fort Qu’Appelle and the Rural Municipality of Indian Head.
@KMacTWN These photos are 10 minutes apart… Just shows how quickly that exploded over #Regina! #SKstorm pic.twitter.com/XOF4C6Voaq
— Micheal Lam (@referee_11) July 20, 2016
Heavy rain and hail the size of baseballs were being reported in various communities, and lightning was causing power outages in Regina while power lines had been snapped in some smaller towns.
The region had experienced hot temperatures of 30 C and high humidity on Tuesday.
Though Forbes said the tornado was on the smaller side, he still called it intense.
“Even small tornadoes can be very dangerous,” he said.
#Hail16
Outlook, Saskatchewan#SKStorm
Photo by Ron Swan pic.twitter.com/m8D1Z6MCPz— Canada's Grain – Louise (@LouiseCarduner) July 20, 2016
“It’s tough, unless you’re very close, to know how fast these wind speeds are, and that’s the danger is the wind speeds of these tornadoes. I can’t tell you for certain how much damage it could have done, I did see it touch ground, I did see dirt fly up.”
The storm system was expected to move into southwest Manitoba during the overnight hours.
#SKstorm Taken off our deck west of Davidson pic.twitter.com/3BiPpBYwTZ
— Sheri Warkentin (@sheri_warkentin) July 20, 2016
Possible #Tornado just shortly ago near Craik Sk. Photo sent to me by Evan Crosby. #skstorm pic.twitter.com/YoqKxzWd1J
— Ryan Crouse (@ryancrouse1) July 20, 2016
If you're in a tornado-warned area of s. #Saskatchewan seek shelter now stay alert! https://t.co/ETXiYumPxE #SKstorm pic.twitter.com/FTbPHbFTnc
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) July 20, 2016
https://twitter.com/Wankel77/status/755579597530411008
We found the odd softball one just west of outlook #skstorm pic.twitter.com/Vdv2TD0zDy
— Aaron (@ajspe) July 20, 2016
We found LOTS of large hail 13kms S of Tompkins #Saskatchewan at 5:05 pm. #skstorm pic.twitter.com/WT3iT5W2Tm
— Ryan Wunsch (@ryanwunsch) July 19, 2016
A lot of big trees down in Davidson #Sask after tornadic storm cell passed over. #skstorm pic.twitter.com/J4qYfUFDLb
— Tiffany Lizée (@TiffanyLizee) July 20, 2016
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