Setting and Local weather Change Canada issued a tornado warning for an space in Yellowhead County on Tuesday night time.
The climate company stated it was additionally issuing an Alberta Emergency Alert for the world close to Minnow and Wolf Lakes and Elk River at 6:45 p.m.
ECCC stated its meteorologists had been “monitoring a extreme thunderstorm that’s presumably producing a twister.”
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“Damaging winds, giant hail and domestically intense rainfall are additionally potential,” the climate company stated. “This thunderstorm is situated 45 km southeast of Edson and is shifting in direction of the east at 30 km/h.
“This can be a harmful and doubtlessly life-threatening state of affairs. Twister warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are more likely to produce or are producing tornadoes.”
At 7:09 p.m., ECCC downgraded the warning to an advisory.
