Tornado spotted near D'Arcy after warnings issued for parts of west-central Saskatchewan

Kindersley, the Battlefords among areas under warning Tuesday afternoon

Image | Tornado near D'arcy, Sask.

Caption: A tornado was spotted near D'arcy, Sask. (Kent Llewit/Twitter)


Thunderstorms rumbled through western Saskatchewan on Tuesday afternoon and at one point Environment Canada issued tornado warnings for the west-central part of the province.
At around 5:40 p.m. CST, the weather agency said a tornado warning replaces severe thunderstorm warnings for the RM of Kindersley, which includes the town of Kindersley, Brock and Flaxcombe.
Several people posted pictures online of a tornado near D'Arcy, Sask.

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A tornado warning was later issued for several other communities, including The Battlefords and Rosetown.

Image | Tornado warnings in Saskatchewan June 15

Caption: Environment Canada issued thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings in west-central Saskatchewan on Tuesday, June 15. (Environment Canada)

Don Leith took this photo near Rosetown.

Image | funnel cloud near Rosetown

Caption: Rieger said this picture was taken out the window of his house. (Submitted by Dustin Rieger)

The warnings came as Environment Canada meteorologists tracked a severe thunderstorm travelling northeast at 20 kilometres per hour.
The agency said tornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall were all possible.