Damage surfaces in Alberta after severe storms bring hail, winds
As Alberta faces another threat for severe weather on Sunday, there have been reports of wind damage and large hail from Saturday's round of thunderstorms.
On Saturday afternoon and evening, an area of thunderstorms developed over southern Alberta and quickly moved to the east. Some of the thunderstorms produced significant winds and up to golf ball-sized hail, according to a summary released from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).
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ECCC received reports of wind damage in or near Milo, Queenstown, McGregor Lake Provincial Park and Fort McLeod. Mossleigh and Champion clocked in wind gusts of 107 and 106 km/h, respectively, with 80-90+ km/h recorded in several other locales.
Straight-line winds caused significant damage to a property northeast of Queenstown, Alberta. Thankfully no one was harmed. #abstorm pic.twitter.com/NUHEpThxQD
— Braydon Morisseau (@BraydonMoreSo) August 4, 2024
Turner Valley #abstorm @PrairieChasers
555pm pic.twitter.com/gaO79rjEDD— Chris Ratzlaff 🇨🇦 (@ratzlaff) August 3, 2024
Some of the photos of the wind damage are circulating on social media.
Neighbors barn and our Milo Yard pic.twitter.com/LilV7OqA1P
— Josh Umscheid (@threeviewfarms) August 4, 2024
Damaging winds at Daisy May Campground some injuries reported #abstorm pic.twitter.com/T9QKiqyTrW
— Brandon Houck ⚡️ (@HouckisPokisewx) August 4, 2024
Crews cleaning up tree branches at Aspen Crossing west of Mossleigh, Alberta. #abstorm pic.twitter.com/cQXnGWXw6p
— Braydon Morisseau (@BraydonMoreSo) August 4, 2024
Trees down from strong straight-line winds northeast of Queenstown, Alberta. #abstorm pic.twitter.com/13F7QglnuM
— Braydon Morisseau (@BraydonMoreSo) August 4, 2024
Thumbnail courtesy of Braydon Morisseau/X.
With files from Nathan Howes, a digital reporter at The Weather Network.
