Sky all clear following tornado warning in Calgary
Posted Jul 6, 2020 7:46 am.
Last Updated Jul 6, 2020 3:30 pm.
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Many people were frightened Sunday night as a tornado warning was issued for Calgary and areas east of the city.
While Calgary’s warning was over in a matter in minutes, it remained for some time for Chestermere and the hamlet of Conrich in Rocky View County.
Beth Allan is a storm chaser and was returning from Saskatchewan when she saw the storm.
“We were getting hailed on at the time, so we had to run out in the hail and check out on the storm. We spent a lot of time watching lightning and watching as the storm moved past from Cross Iron.”
Many people took to social media following the tornado warning, some sharing photos of the dark clouds over the city.
Tornado warning issued for Calgary. #abstorm pic.twitter.com/WabvbVUlNj
— Morgan Laidler (@MorganLaidler) July 6, 2020
Ragged wall cloud at Conrich is only weakly rotating at 10PM #abstorm pic.twitter.com/EXbzEIbfi6
— Kyle Brittain (@BadWeatherKyle) July 6, 2020
A nice lightning shot from the storm to our NW. NE of Chestermere looking NW. 10:22pm. #abstorm pic.twitter.com/sU1IM7Krqp
— Darren Howard (@lightningmanAB) July 6, 2020
The lightning is fantastic. From Bass Pro/Cross Iron Mills looking… east and… up? #abstorm 8:52pm pic.twitter.com/LqT7TNUOgZ
— Beth Allan (@adolwyn) July 6, 2020
https://twitter.com/RonanCulligan/status/1279995386967371777
#abstorm driving N on deerfoot little while ago pic.twitter.com/thCLNBlFHx
— Bitu Man (@Ab_EFT) July 6, 2020
The warning and the severe storm caught many by surprise, including Allan.
“We really didn’t think we were going to get much in the way of severe weather but we have this thing called ‘foothills magic.’ Storms run off the foothills (and) sometimes they just do a little bit of a spin.”
There have been no reports of a twister touching down.
Calgary police also said they had no calls for damage caused by extreme weather.
