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Saskatchewan’s 5th tornado confirmed

Saskatchewan's 5th tornado of 2016 confirmed near Estevan July 7, 2016. Viewer Submitted

Environment Canada confirms Saskatchewan’s fifth tornado of the season touched down near Estevan, Sask. on Thursday.

The tornado touched down approximately eight kilometres southeast of Estevan at 11:30 a.m. for about five minutes.

There are no reports of damage from the twister, but numerous videos surfaced on social media of the dust cloud as it kicked up.

 

There was also pea-to-dime sized hail reported to be several centimetres deep in the Bienfait, Sask. area.

Submitted/Sheila Parcon-Silla

A heavy downpour of rain dumped 79 millimetres of rain in under an hour in the Oxbow, Sask. area as the storm briefly stalled over the area.

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