Alberta Emergency Alert: Possible Tornado Alert Updated

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.

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