A tornado touched down in southern Saskatchewan Tuesday evening as a line of severe storms swept across the province, prompting Environment Canada to issue multiple tornado alerts.
Environment Canada confirmed a tornado touched down near Oxbow in southeastern Saskatchewan as a powerful storm system swept across the province Tuesday, bringing large hail, heavy rain and damaging winds.
The red alert issued around 7 p.m. carried Environment Canada’s highest warning level, known for “very dangerous and potentially life-threatening situations.”
At the time, Environment Canada said the severe thunderstorm was located east of Estevan and moving northeast at about 60 km/h.
At around 8 p.m. Environment Canada issued another red-level tornado warning as the storm tracked northeast, affecting areas including Storthoaks, Fertile, Alameda, Alida, Redvers, Antler and Wauchope.
“The severe thunderstorm and potential tornado is located to the northeast of Oxbow and is moving northeast. This thunderstorm has a history of producing tornadoes,” the weather agency said in its updated alert issued at 7:57 p.m.
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Video shared on social media appeared to show a funnel cloud near Oxbow as the storm moved through the region.
The tornado was also confirmed by the Northern Tornadoes Project, a Western University-based research initiative that documents and analyzes tornadoes and severe storms across Canada.
David Sills, executive director of the Northern Tornadoes Project, said researchers had been monitoring what they considered a “high-end tornado environment” throughout the day.
“We knew it was a high-end tornado environment, meaning that the conditions were there for a really powerful tornado if all the ingredients could come together somewhere,” Sills said.
Sills said a storm chaser followed the tornado and documented extensive damage at a farmstead in its path.
“There’s vehicles thrown, there’s a house that’s severely damaged, barns disappeared, grain bins gone,” he said. “It’s quite a bit of damage. It’s the kind of damage that we don’t see very often.”
This morning, signs were seen in areas where the storm caused damage, offering full property cleanup of tree stumps, debris, etc.
Environment Canada said further information will be released as damage assessments continue, noting the summary contains preliminary information and does not represent a final report.
– With files from Global News’ Vanessa Tiberio
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