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A severe thunderstorm watch was issued for many parts of the province over the weekend but in Alberta, a tornado touched down as the wild weather was reported.
The BC Interior was under the thunderstorm watch for much of the weekend but in many places, the extreme conditions did not occur. According to Environment Canada, a tornado was confirmed 10 kilometres northeast of the community of Okotoks, Alta on Sunday.
Roof damage on one of the houses NE of Okotoks. #ABstorm pic.twitter.com/9wbDt1SccY
— Darren Howard (@lightningmanAB) July 17, 2016
Meteorologists were tracking the dangerous storms Sunday afternoon and storm spotters reported funnel clouds as well as some damage.
Two cold cores at once...south of #yyc probably very close to Okotoks #abstorm pic.twitter.com/P2tkCuzny7
— Attila The Fun (@jpmwd) July 17, 2016
“From the reports and photographs received by Environment and Climate Change Canada, a preliminary assessment of the damage has led the meteorologists to conclude that an Enhanced Fujita scale zero (EF0) a tornado with peak winds between 90 and 130 kilometres per hour,” said meteorologists.
Watching #thunderstorms roll through #Kelowna Sunday evening 🙄@KelownaNow @Tourism_Kelowna #SundayFunday pic.twitter.com/q5fdHumztx
— ShelleyinKelowna (@shelleykelowna) July 18, 2016
This is the second time this month tornados have been spotted in Alberta. At the beginning of July, at least one tornado was confirmed and several funnel clouds spotted.
Storm is approachin #kamloops #bcstorm pic.twitter.com/RiuRxt5RB3
— Mike O'Reilly (@mikeoreilly2014) July 14, 2016
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