Critical: Possible Tornado - Parts of Alberta
Issued Aug 01, 2022 at 05:30 PM
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Issued: Aug 01, 2022 at 05:30 PM
History:
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- Alert: Aug 01, 2022 at 05:30 PM
- Update: Aug 01, 2022 at 05:41 PM
- Update: Aug 01, 2022 at 05:53 PM
- Update: Aug 01, 2022 at 06:12 PM
- Update: Aug 01, 2022 at 06:34 PM
- Update: Aug 01, 2022 at 06:41 PM
- Update: Aug 01, 2022 at 07:05 PM
Description: Alberta Emergency Alert: Possible Tornado Alert
At 5:28 PM, a rotating severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado is located 20 km northwest of Markerville, moving east at 40 km/h.
Visit: https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=ab for more information on weather watches and warnings. To learn how you can prepare for a tornado, visit https://alberta.ca/Tornadoes and https://alberta.ca/BePrepared .
Area: Parts of Central Alberta
Affected areas (28):
- Clearwater County
- Burnstick Lake
- Caroline
- Rocky Mountain House
- O'Chiese 203
- Sunchild 202
- Big Horn 144A
- Lacombe County
- Birchcliff
- Eckville
- Half Moon Bay
- Bentley
- Sunbreaker Cove
- Gull Lake
- Blackfalds
- Lacombe
- Clive
- Alix
- Red Deer County
- Elnora
- Delburne
- Jarvis Bay
- Bowden
- Innisfail
- Penhold
- Red Deer
- Sylvan Lake
- Norglenwold
Action to take:
- Seek shelter immediately in a basement or reinforced structure
- Get low and put as many walls between yourself and the storm as possible
- Stay away from windows, doors and outside walls
- If you are on the highway and cannot avoid the tornado, seek shelter in a ditch or ravine
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