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Emergency alerts sounded Wednesday evening as severe storms rolled through central Saskatchewan.
“Severe storms will continue to track across Saskatchewan and southern Manitoba overnight into Thursday morning–bringing the chance of large hail and heavy downpours,” said Environment Canada.
Shortly after 8:00 p.m. the weather agency issued a tornado warning for the Saskatoon area and for people to “take immediate cover” from large hail and flying debris.
Social media lit up with video of intense lighting that flickered like fireworks across the Saskatoon night sky.
https://twitter.com/ShaneC06/status/1958363664345690138
650 CKOM’s Lara Fominoff watched the storm from the Brighton neighbourhood sharing a video of what appeared to be a funnel cloud in the distance.
https://twitter.com/LaraFominoff/status/1958360546853650792
Pea and loonie sized hail had people ducking for cover with some having to wait out the storm in their vehicles.
https://twitter.com/ThiessenCLT/status/1958382130796675396
The storm kept Sask Power crews busy responding to outages in Eston, Kyle, Leader, Hepburn and Blaine Lake area.
The Dalmeny Police Service requested people stay indoors due to a downed tree and power line.
More to come…
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