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Critical - Alberta Emergency Alert: Possible Tornado Alert Updated
From: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Issued: Jul 29, 2022 at 10:45 PM
History:
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- Alert: Jul 29, 2022 at 09:43 PM
- Update: Jul 29, 2022 at 10:09 PM
- Update: Jul 29, 2022 at 10:43 PM
- Update: Jul 29, 2022 at 10:45 PM
Area: Birch Hills CountySmoky River #130
Description: At 10:45 PM, a rotating severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado is located 10 km north of Tangent, moving southeast at 50 km/h. Communities in the path include: Tangent, Girouxville
Visit: weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=ab for more information on weather watches and warnings. To learn how you can prepare for a tornado, visit alberta.ca/Tornadoes and alberta.ca/BePrepared .
Instruction: Seek shelter immediately in a basement or reinforced structure. Get low and put as many walls between yourself and the storm as possible. Stay away from windows, doors and outside walls. If you are on the highway and cannot avoid the tornado, seek shelter in a ditch or ravine.