Alberta Emergency Alert: Possible Tornado Alert

Description: Alberta Emergency Alert: Possible Tornado Alert

At 5:28 PM, a rotating severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado is located 20 km northwest of Markerville, moving east at 40 km/h.

Visit: https://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 https://www.alberta.ca/Tornadoes and https://www.alberta.ca/BePrepared .

Area: Parts of Central Alberta

Affected areas (28):

• Clearwater County
• Burnstick Lake
• Caroline
• Rocky Mountain House
• O'Chiese 203
• Sunchild 202
• Big Horn 144A
• Lacombe County
• Birchcliff
• Eckville
• Half Moon Bay
• Bentley
• Sunbreaker Cove
• Gull Lake
• Blackfalds
• Lacombe
• Clive
• Alix
• Red Deer County
• Elnora
• Delburne
• Jarvis Bay
• Bowden
• Innisfail
• Penhold
• Red Deer
• Sylvan Lake
• Norglenwold

Action to take:

• 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.

Additional information:

• Broadcast Audio

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