TORNADO WATCH: City of Edmonton-St. Albert-Sherwood Park

[TrogL]

Source: Weather Network

CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE FORMATION OF FUNNEL CLOUDS OR WEAK TORNADOES. CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES. THESE TYPES OF TORNADOES FORM OUT OF WEAK THUNDERSTORMS AND ARE USUALLY NOT AS DESTRUCTIVE AS THEIR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM COUSIN. THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO TRACK WITH DOPPLER RADAR AND CAN APPEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THEY NORMALLY MOVE SLOWLY AND CAN LAST FOR MANY MINUTES. THEY OFTEN APPEAR AS A GIANT COLUMN OF DUST FROM THE GROUND TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THUNDERSTORM. THEIR DESTRUCTIVE POWER IS USUALLY FELT OVER A VERY SMALL AREA. TREAT ALL FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES SERIOUSLY AND AVOID WHEN POSSIBLE. SHOULD ONE DEVELOP NEARBY TAKE SHELTER UNDERGROUND OR IN A REINFORCED STRUCTURE LIKE A BATHROOM OR INTERIOR CLOSET. IF YOU ARE IN YOUR VEHICLE TRY TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO AT RIGHT ANGLES. ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO MONITOR THE SITUATION CLOSELY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR WEATHERADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SHOULD YOU SPOT A FUNNEL CLOUD OR TORNADO...AND ONLY IF IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...YOU CAN CALL 1-800-239-0484 TO REPORT YOUR SIGHTING. PLEASE NOTE THIS PHONE NUMBER IS FOR REPORTING SEVERE WEATHER ONLY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING INTO THE LEDUC REGION AND ARE MOVING NORTHWESTWARDS AT 30 KM/H. AT 2:55 PM FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IT IS POSSIBLE THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS COULD TOUCHDOWN AND PRODUCE WEAK TORNADOES.

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Big nasty black cloud just south of us

[hedgehog]

1. Edmonton, ONTARIO?

[applegrove]

2. Edmonton. Alberta

[hedgehog]

5. D'oh! I should have known that! Do I get points for having the right country at least?

[applegrove]

6. yes you knew it was north of the USA. You get points for that. Most Americans would not even know

that LOL!

[hedgehog]

8. Having lived in Buffalo and now just north of Syracuse, I am convinced that

Canada consists of Ontario, Quebec and New Foundland (where it's half an hour earlier!)

[applegrove]

9. So you have the central Canadian mentality. Cause people in Ontario think the same way sometimes.

Must be your proximity to the "centre of the earth" (which if you don't know is Toronto).

[Bigmack]

13. Oh come on! You're ALL wrong....

Canada's REAL name is British Columbia, and it's just north of us here in Washington state. It's the "other half" of God's own country....Washington and Oregon being "this" half. Ms Bigmack

[applegrove]

17. Don't they have a name for that area - Washington State, Oregon and BC.

[tuvor]

25. "Cascadia"

[applegrove]

28. That's what I was thinking of.

[Warpy]

15. Most of us think the earth ends ten miles over either border

and offshore. Some of us think it ends right outside our immediate area.

[Tansy_Gold]

3. Alberta, n/t

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[TrogL]

4. We're on the edges of Tornado Alley, but they're rare in June

[uppityperson]

7. Stay low, keep eyes open. This is south of you in USA, same system?

http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md1312.html



MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1312
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0441 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008

AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL MT

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE

VALID 102141Z - 102245Z

SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EWD AND INCREASE IN
COVERAGE. PRIMARY THREATS OF LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS CAN BE
EXPECTED.

STORMS ARE INCREASING ONCE AGAIN ALONG A COLD FRONT AND AHEAD OF AN
UPPER LOW LOCATED INVOF WRN MT. AN ADDITIONAL STRONGER LINE IS
FORMING OFF HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR BILLINGS. A CLEAR SLOT OBSERVED ON
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY HAS ALLOWED FOR FURTHER DESTABILIZATION
AHEAD OF THE LINE...WHILE MOISTURE HAS SOMEWHAT INCREASED AS SHOWN
IN SURFACE OBS. AS THESE STORMS PROGRESS EWD INTO A MORE UNSTABLE
AIRMASS...AN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD BE EXPECTED.
EFFECTIVE 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES NEAR 60 KTS AND INCREASING FLOW
AHEAD OF THE UPPER LOW SHOWN ON VAD WIND PROFILE DATA AT BILLINGS
WILL SUPPORT STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WINDS.
WIND FIELDS DOWNSTREAM OF CURRENT LINE SEGMENTS AND INDIVIDUAL CELLS
REMAINS BACKED IN THE LOW LEVELS...WHICH MAY BE CONDUCIVE TO A BRIEF
ISOLATED TORNADO.

[TrogL]

12. Probably too far south

Here's the radar

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WH...

I see red bits. I'm gonna make a run for the car now.

[uppityperson]

16. Tornado. Car. Car bad except if you can get somewhere bulky/safe.

Good luck up there. Hey, at least I know where Edmonton is, have stayed there a couple times even.

[TrogL]

22. Ok, I'm home - sorry about that

With all the pressure changes I had a screaming migraine when I came home and had a nap.

[uppityperson]

27. Glad it's past, hope you feel better tomorrow.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Keep a very close eye out, stay safe. Good luck. n/t

[galledgoblin]

11. seems like the whole of North America

has been told to keep on their toes today for one reason or another.

[rambler_american]

14. Vermont

also under tornado watch. I'd blame it on bush but I think it's really Cheney's fault.

[hedgehog]

19. A tornado watch today in VERMONT?!?!? Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore!

Well, someone had to say it!

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Western MA too

[leftyclimber]

21. There was a funnel cloud on the UVM campus today.

I stood on the steps of Waterman Hall and watched it form about a block away, total dumbass that I am.

(I would have gone inside had it been rotating faster. It was breaking up at the base faster than it could form.)

- astonished lefty

[postulater]

18. I don't like driving in those conditions

but the clouds sure look interesting.

Stay safe.

[TrogL]

23. Watch is over

[fairpartisan]

24. I'm here in NY and I swear I felt what appeared to be a tornado

wild winds.

[laundry_queen]

26. That is early, even for cold weather funnels.

Some call them 'landspouts'. They are a much weaker type of tornado, since the storms they come from don't usually have strong rotation or mesocyclones. They are pretty common in Alberta, I've seen a few funnels myself, but have never witnessed one touch down. They can still be pretty damaging and dangerous even though they rarely go beyond F0 or F1. I hope there was no damage, I have relatives near there, and I'm glad the watch is over.