Moose Jaw And Area Under Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Unsettled weather may impact Moose Jaw and area this evening and through the night as Environment Canada has issued a severe thunderstorm watch.

Additionally a tornado watch was issued through the emergency response network.

The area in the red could have severe thunderstorms

Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for:

• City of Moose Jaw

• R.M. of Baildon including Briercrest

• R.M. of Caron including Caronport and Caron

• R.M. of Chaplin including Chaplin

• R.M. of Craik including Craik and Aylesbury

• R.M. of Dufferin including Bethune and Findlater

• R.M. of Enfield including Central Butte

• R.M. of Eyebrow including Eyebrow and Brownlee

• R.M. of Hillsborough including Crestwynd and Old Wives lake

• R.M. of Huron including Tugaske

• R.M. of Maple Bush including Riverhurst and Douglas Prov. Park

• R.M. of Marquis including Tuxford Keeler and Buffalo Pound

• R.M. of Moose Jaw including Pasqua and Bushell Park

• R.M. of Pense including Pense Belle Plaine and Stony Beach

• R.M. of Redburn including Rouleau and Hearne

• R.M. of Rodgers including Coderre and Courval

• R.M. of Sarnia including Holdfast Chamberlain and Dilke

• R.M. of Shamrock including Shamrock and Kelstern

• R.M. of Wheatlands including Mortlach and Parkbeg

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.

Thunderstorms are developing over south-central Saskatchewan along a trough of low pressure. Some of these thunderstorms may become severe this evening or overnight.

Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.