Tornado-warned storms lashed parts of central and southern Alberta Monday afternoon and evening, bringing heavy rain, strong wind gusts and grapefruit-sized hail.
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The theme of active weather was a constant for the Prairies over the August long weekend after a tornado was confirmed in Alberta amid severe storms on Sunday. No tornado confirmed for Monday’s events, but south of Red Deer I saw some significant hail that did a lot of damage.
Visuals on social media show the impact of the storms.
Caught up in the massive hail storm at the foot of Antler Hill between #reddeer and #Innisfail. Fortunately, only the car was damaged. Still, they are crazy things to experience. #abstorm pic.twitter.com/3hLnJDhEK7
— Matt Berry (@MattBear3135) August 2, 2022
storm last night 5km south of gas station, terrible 17 minutes pic.twitter.com/15HBfcB7cp
Gibran Marquez on Twitter: “#abstorm last night 5km south of petrol lane, terrible 17 minutes pic.twitter.com/15HBfcB7cp / Twitter” last night 5km south of petrol lane, terrible 17 minutes Gibran Marquez on Twitter: “#abstorm last night 5km south of gas station, horrible 17 minutes pic.twitter.com/15HBfcB7cp / Twitter”
— Gibran Marquez (@GibranMarquez7) Gibran Marquez on Twitter: “#abstorm last night 5km south of gas station, horrible 17 minutes pic.twitter.com/15HBfcB7cp / Twitter”
106 mm (grapefruit) hail NW of Merkerville, AB #ABstorm pic.twitter.com/RCqYjGHEmD
106 mm (grapefruit) hail NW of Merkerville, AB NHP Field Project 🇨🇦 on Twitter: “106 mm (grapefruit) hail NW of Merkerville, AB #ABstorm pic.twitter.com/RCqYjGHEmD / Twitter” NHP Field Project 🇨🇦 on Twitter : “106mm (grapefruit) hail NW of Merkerville, AB #ABstorm pic.twitter.com/RCqYjGHEmD / Twitter”
— NHP Field Project 🇨🇦 (@NHP_field) NHP Field Project 🇨🇦 on Twitter: “106mm (grapefruit) hail NW of Merkerville, AB #ABstorm pic.twitter.com/RCqYjGHEmD / Twitter”
Heavy damage to vehicle from earlier #abstorm. I spoke to the owners of the vehicle and they said they were stuck in the NW core of Innisfail pic.twitter.com/itXqs544bK
Extensive vehicle damage from earlier Jay Lesyk on Twitter: “Extensive vehicle damage from earlier #abstorm. I spoke to the owners of the vehicle and they said they were stuck in the NW core of Innisfail pic.twitter.com/itXqs544bK / Twitter’. I spoke to the owners of the vehicle and they said they were stuck in the core NW of Innisfail Jay Lesyk on Twitter: “Major damage to car from earlier #abstorm. I spoke to the owners of the vehicle and they said they were stuck in the core NW of Innisfail pic.twitter.com/itXqs544bK / Twitter”
— Jay Lesyk (@JayLesykWX) Jay Lesyk on Twitter: “Major damage to vehicle from earlier #abstorm. I spoke to the owners of the vehicle and they said they were stuck in the NW core of Innisfail pic.twitter.com/itXqs544bK/Twitter”
Bit windy in Trochu tonight 😳#AbStorm pic.twitter.com/WSoJdSNqPS
— John🌾 (@kowalchukfarms1) August 2, 2022
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— Miranda (@MLCrabtree_) August 2, 2022
WATCH: Cars destroyed by grapefruit-sized hail hitting southern Alberta
My heart goes out to those who were stranded today on the Red Deer Freeway. It is really sad to witness this roadside destruction. It was all about broken windshields and car windows all over the highway. #ABStorm #Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB
My heart goes out to those who were stranded today on the Red Deer Freeway. It is really sad to witness this roadside destruction. It was all about broken windshields and car windows all over the highway. Jagrit Bajwa on Twitter: “My heart goes out to those stranded today on the Red Deer Freeway. It is really sad to witness this roadside destruction. It was all about broken windshields and car windows all over the highway. #ABStorm # Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB / Twitter” Jagrit Bajwa on Twitter: “My heart goes out to those stranded on the Red Deer Freeway today. It is really sad to witness this roadside destruction. it was all about broken windshields and car windows all over the highway. #ABStorm #Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB / Twitter” Jagrit Bajwa on Twitter: “My heart goes out to those stranded today on the Red Deer Freeway. It is really sad to witness this roadside destruction. It was all because of broken windshields and windows of cars all over the highway. #ABStorm #Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB / Twitter” Jagrit Bajwa on Twitter: “My heart goes out to those stranded today on the Red Deer Freeway. Really sad to witness this roadside destruction . It was all about broken windshields and car windows all over the highway. #ABStorm #Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB / Twitter” Jagrit Bajwa on Twitter: “My heart goes out to those stranded today on Red Deer Freeway. Really sad to witness this roadside destruction. It was all about broken windshields and car windows all over the freeway. #ABStorm #Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB / Twitter”
— Jagrit Bajwa (@jaguarbajwa) Jagrit Bajwa on Twitter: “My heart goes out to those stranded today on the Red Deer Freeway. It is really sad to witness this roadside destruction. It was all because of broken windshields and windows of cars all over the highway. #ABStorm #Tornado #RedDeer #hailstorm pic.twitter.com/RbY3PUrgmB / Twitter”
I can’t even. I panicked, took this without putting it in the ruler properly 😂. Tennis balls when it was NW of Markerville 5:40 p.m. They are still coming down. Stay away. #abstormpic.twitter.com/TpGJCUD6ZM
— Mhairi (@Mahairy93) August 2, 2022
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