Flash storm hits P.A., surrounding areas

People in Prince Albert had to hunker indoors to escape a storm that battered the city Sunday afternoon.

At around 3:17 p.m. , Environment Canada issued a Severe thunderstorm warning for the area. Not long after heavy rain started to fall, quickly followed by hail and strong winds.

Some areas of the city reported marble sized hail that turned green lawns into winter-like scenes.

Seems to be over the worst of it, lol my poor plants #skstorm #hail pic.twitter.com/CwP76JJXp6

— DawnLight Hiking (@DawnLightHiking) June 25, 2023

Photos and videos online also showed localized flooding on some city streets.

Little wet on 15th Street East here in PA. #skstorm #weather pic.twitter.com/aCxL8owKuo

— Jason Kerr (@kerr_jas) June 26, 2023

Saskatchewan storm chaser Shawn Hradac-Bayko watched the storm unfold on radar.

“They were calling for thunderstorms all afternoon, then it started to cloud over and getting dark and then next thing I look at my storm radar and we were in the red for severe thunderstorm watches and warnings,” he said. “Next thing I know we were getting hit with pea size and dime sized hail and it was one storm after another. Never experienced three long hail storms in a row.”

Thunderstorm watches were also in effect Sunday for Saskatoon, Llydminister and the Battlefords.

-with files from paNOW.com