Storms are brewing in the southern parts of the province, and at least one tornado has been spotted.
Environment Canada issued several tornado warnings for parts of Saskatchewan Wednesday.
Several witnesses reported seeing a tornado near Watrous, Sask. just after 3 p.m.
Volunteer firefighter Jack Werezak said he was driving a truck just east of Young, north of Watrous, when he saw the tornado touch the ground.
He noted he was several kilometres away from it, and he observed it on the ground for several minutes before the funnel cloud disappeared.
“It started really high up, a big funnel came out to the ground and all of a sudden you could just see the dust come up. So I stopped the truck and grabbed a couple of pictures.”
Meanwhile, Terri Lang, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said areas of Saskatchewan have been under severe thunderstorm watches, so seeing storms starting to come together now isn’t a surprise.
“We knew that was a possibility, and now’s kind of that witching hour when storms are really starting to develop,” Lang said.
She noted severe storms are possibly more likely to form towards the southwest and central parts of the province. Areas along Highway 16 and between Highway 16 and Highway 1 are some of the “higher risk” areas, Lang said, as well as the Yorkton area and north and east of it.
