Tornado watch for: City of Edmonton-St. Albert-Sherwood Park
Issued at 3:49 PM MDT SATURDAY 4 AUGUST 2007
CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR WEAK TORNADOES. THESE TYPES OF FUNNEL CLOUDS FORM OUT OF LARGE CUMULUS CLOUDS OR VERY WEAK THUNDERSTORMS AND NORMALLY DO NOT HAVE THE ENERGY TO REACH THE GROUND. HOWEVER ONE OR TWO OF THESE FUNNELS MAY BRIEFLY TOUCH DOWN AND CAN BECOME DESTRUCTIVE OVER A VERY SMALL AREA. TREAT ALL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES SERIOUSLY AND AVOID WHEN POSSIBLE. SHOULD ONE DEVELOP OVERHEAD TAKE SHELTER UNTIL IT DISSIPATES. REMEMBER THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL NORMALLY APPEAR WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHERADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SHOULD YOU SPOT A FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO...AND ONLY IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...YOU CAN CALL 1-800-239-0484 TO REPORT YOUR SIGHTING. PLEASE NOTE THIS PHONE NUMBER IS FOR REPORTING SEVERE WEATHER ONLY.
NEAR 1 PM A TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 20 KM SOUTH OF GRANDE PRAIRIE. AT 2 PM A PAIR OF FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED ROUGHLY 10 KM WEST OF GRANDE PRAIRIE. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED TO EXTEND 1/2 TO 1/3 OF THE WAY TO THE GROUND FROM THE CLOUD BASE BEFORE QUICKLY DISSIPATING.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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