Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued

(Locations listed below description)

Conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, damaging hail and heavy rain.

A large line of thunderstorms has moved into southwestern saskatchewan from alberta this evening. Some of these thunderstorms will remain severe through the evening hours.

Very large hail can damage property, break windows, dent vehicles and cause serious injury. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. Lightning kills and injures canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by environment canada. To report severe weather, send an email to skstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #skstorm.

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ISSUED:

• Cabri
• Herbert
• Kyle
• Lucky Lake
• R.M. of Canaan including Lucky Lake
• R.M. of Coulee including Neidpath and McMahon
• R.M. of Excelsior including Waldeck Rush Lake and Main Centre
• R.M. of Glen Bain including Glen Bain
• R.M. of Lac Pelletier including Blumenhof
• R.M. of Lacadena including Kyle Tyner and Sanctuary
• R.M. of Lawtonia including Hodgeville
• R.M. of Morse including Herbert Morse Ernfold and Gouldtown
• R.M. of Riverside including Cabri Pennant and Success
• R.M. of Saskatchewan Landing including Stewart Valley
• R.M. of Swift Current including Swift Current and Wymark
• R.M. of Victory including Beechy
• R.M. of Webb including Webb and Antelope lake
• R.M. of Whiska Creek including Vanguard Neville and Pambrun
• Swift Current