An Alberta Emergency Alert issued for Lacombe County and Red Deer County, including the city of Red Deer, late Friday night because of a possible tornado making its way through the area, was lifted minutes after it was issued.
The alert was issued at 10:07 p.m. and said northern Red Deer, Blackfalds and Briggs were in the path of the potential tornado.
The alert also warned of up to tennis ball-sized hail being a possibility in the area.
At 10:21 p.m., the alert had been lifted and no tornado warnings were in effect in the province.
A tornado warning in central Alberta was lifted just before 9 p.m. on Friday night after a possible tornado had spurred the latest of multiple weather-related Alberta Emergency Alerts earlier in the day and evening.
“At 6:56 p.m., Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado,” an alert said earlier in the evening. “Doppler radar indicates a potential tornado near Sunchild. The thunderstorm motion is to the southeast at 25 km/h and communities in the path include Sunchild and Baptiste River.”
An updated alert at 7:29 p.m. said Bingley was in the path of the potential tornado.
At 8:12 p.m., a new emergency alert said Bingley was still in the path of the possible tornado, and said Leslieville was also in its path.
At 8:39 p.m., a new emergency alert said Leslieville and Withrow were in the path of the possible tornado.
For more than an hour on Friday afternoon, various communities in Alberta were faced with tornado advisories but shortly after 5 p.m., all such advisories in the province had been lifted.
An Alberta Emergency Alert was issued at 3:51 p.m. on Friday with the province saying “doppler radar indicates a potential tornado 10 kilometres north of Alder Flats.”
Buck Lake was also in the path of the possible tornado but at 4:16 p.m. that tornado advisory was lifted.
However, at 4:13 p.m., a new alert was issued as “doppler radar indicates a possible tornado just west of Okotoks.”
“This dangerous thunderstorm is moving toward the east at 25 km/h. Communities in the path include: Okotoks, Aldersyde.”
The alert said damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall were also possible.
“This is a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation,” the alert said.
“Tornado warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing tornadoes.”
In an updated alert issued at 4:40 p.m., people in Blackie, Brown-Lowery Park, Diamond Valley and High River were told that “extra care and attention should be exercised” amid the severe storm.
An updated alert at 4:42 p.m. said communities in the path of the possible tornado included Aldersyde and Gladys.
For a complete list of areas in Alberta under a weather alert, click here.
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