By Courtney Mintenko

Severe thunderstorm warnings, tornado watches in Saskatchewan

Jun 25, 2013 | 5:20 PM

Much of southern Saskatchewan will be hit with more rain Tuesday afternoon, but there is the potential for much more with tornado watches and severe thunderstorm warnings and watches in place.

As the alerts change very quickly, you can view a map with the latest warnings and watches here.

Dan Kulak with Environment Canada warned that a system moving through the far south-east corner of Saskatchewan was carrying a lot of rain, as well as having the potential for hail. With any severe thunderstorm, there's always the possibility of tornadoes.

“The system of the storms right now are actually very slow moving, it's an unstable air mass. We're probably going to be looking at storms through the latter part of the afternoon, perhaps even into the evening hours.”

Chad Smith was driving back to Regina from Saskatoon around 2 p.m. before any watches or warnings had been issued along Highway 11.

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“I happened to look at my passenger window and I looked over and I could see kind of this spout coming down the the ground. Then a couple of seconds later I could see another funnel cloud starting to form but it got sucked back up.”

Kulak reminds people that when severe weather is passing through an area, conditions can change quickly and it is best to keep an eye on the sky. He also warns that although wind, hail and tornadoes bring danger during storms, it's lightning that people often forget about.

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