Saskatchewan·Photos

Fierce Sask. storm photos: funnel clouds, hail and lightning

Saskatchewan people captured and shared stormy photos and video of Sask. skies on July 19, 2016.

Photographers capture, share wild weather across Sask.

Brad Niemen shared this photo with CBC Saskatchewan on Facebook, from Outlook, Sask. (Brad Niemen/Submitted to CBC)

Tuesday night was a wild one for Saskatchewan weather watchers.

A tornado touched down near Davidson, Sask.

RAW: Funnel cloud spotted near Girvin, Sask.

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Brad Baron filmed this funnel cloud near Girvin, Sask., on July 19, 2016.

Hail the size of baseballs rained down from the sky, smashing through windows and damaging property.

Ryan Wunsch posted this photo of tennis-ball-sized hail about 13 kilometres south of Tompkins, Sask., just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday.

Lightning lit up the sky as thunder rolled through communities.

During the stormy episodes, people from across the province shared their snapshots with CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon on Facebook.

Carter Yelle shared this photo with CBC Saskatchewan in an email to saskphotos@cbc.ca. "Eye of a storm near Allan Saskatchewan," wrote Yelle in his submission. (Carter Yelle/Submitted to CBC)
Lynda Reid shared this photo from central south eastern Sask. (Lynda Reid/Submitted to CBC)
Ron Swan shared this photo of hail from Glenside, Sask. (Ron Swan/Submitted to CBC)
Brad Niemen shared this photo with CBC Saskatchewan on Facebook, from Outlook, Sask. (Brad Niemen/Submitted to CBC)
Ingrid Loaiza Antonio shared this photo with CBC Saskatoon on Facebook. (Ingrid Loaiza Antonio/Submitted to CBC)
Shanna Dubasoff-Hvidston shared this photo of the sky over Watrous, Sask. (Shanna Dubasoff-Hvidston/Submitted to CBC)
Heather Paull shared this photo of hail, taken by her husband in Outlook, Sask. (Heather Paull/Submitted to CBC)

Others shared images on Twitter using #skstorm.

Send you weather photos and stories to us in an email to saskphotos@cbc.ca, or in a message to CBC Saskatchewan or CBC Saskatoon or Facebook or tweet to @CBCSask or @CBCSaskatoon.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Madeline Kotzer

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Madeline Kotzer is an award-winning Saskatchewan journalist and News Assignment Producer for CBC Saskatchewan and CBC Saskatoon. Reach Madeline at madeline.kotzer@cbc.ca.