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Environment Canada confirms 2 landspout tornadoes in southern Sask.

WATCH: Cellphone captures landspout tornado touching down in southern Saskatchewan – May 25, 2018

Some wild weather was spotted in southern Saskatchewan on Thursday.

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A video tweeted by Derick Warren on May 24 shows a landspout tornado touching down near Tyvan, Sask., roughly 80 kilometres southeast of Regina.

The tornado was spotted at around 2 p.m. CT.

What is a landspout tornado?.

Landspout tornadoes are not associated with supercells, are typically weak and are caused by intense updrafts, according to Global News meteorologist Tiffany Lizée.

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There were no watches or warnings in the area at the time.

Environment Canada confirmed the touchdown on May 25 and also confirmed a second landspout touchdown near Gerald.

A funnel cloud was also spotted near Goodeve.

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