SASKATCHEWAN: Significant Severe Weather Risk For Southern Saskatchewan This Afternoon/Evening (Thu, Jun 10, 2021)

It’s looking more and more likely (based on model data and surface observations) that this afternoon/evening will strengthen into a significant severe weather event in southern Saskatchewan with the risk for very large hail (2-8cm), strong damaging wind gusts (120km/h+), isolated flooding (50-75mm+), intense lightning, and an enhanced risk for tornadoes to develop.

Isolated thunderstorms will likely develop south of Moose Jaw and begin moving slowly to the northeast. More development should occur south of Weyburn and those storms will also track to the northeast, eventually combining into a large cluster of storms further into the evening as the they begin to track to the east, northeast.

As we get further into the evening, this should help mitigate further risk for tornadoes but damaging winds, hail, and flooding could still remain an issue.

We will be live streaming this event later today and to get notified the minute we go live, download our free app Instant Weather and we will be sending out push notifications. This will also allow you get notified the second that Environment Canada issues or ends any alerts for your specific location.

Please have a plan if you’re in the red highlighted region to get to safe place if a dangerous storm is approaching your area.

Additionally, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in the US has issued a rare 10% tornado risk that extends right up to Canadian (they do not forecast for Canada, hence why it doesn’t extend past the international border). They have also upgraded to a 4/5 Moderate risk for severe weather just to the south of Saskatchewan including significant wind and hail risks:

Environment Canada has also issued a risk map for this event and they’ve highlighted similar areas with the mention of up to 7cm hail, 110km/h wind gusts, 50mm of rainfall, and a risk for tornadoes:

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More details ASAP! Be safe today, folks!