Last week's wild Sask. weather produced 8 confirmed tornadoes in 1 day

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Saskatchewan

Environment and Climate Change Canada says the upwind signifier that produced 8 tornadoes successful 1 time past week was a “substantial event.”

Environment and Climate Change Canada calls it 'substantial event'

Katie Swyers · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 24, 2025 7:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Last Thursday's chaotic upwind produced 8 confirmed tornadoes crossed Saskatchewan, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC).

"Having 8 successful 1 day, that is rather a important event, surely a memorable lawsuit for sure," said Crawford Luke, a meteorologist with the agency.

Those 8 bring the fig of confirmed tornadoes for the state this twelvemonth up to 12.

Luke said the state usually sees astir 15 successful an full summertime — the 2nd astir of immoderate state successful Canada.

"As a wide statement, the state of Saskatchewan, it's not a alien to tornadoes," helium said.

RAW | Man shares video of tornado helium says touched down concisely adjacent Balgonie, Sask.

Harrison Webster shared this video with CBC News and said helium saw a tornado interaction down adjacent Balgonie, eastbound of Regina, Thursday afternoon. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued respective tornado warnings for parts of Saskatchewan precocious day connected June 19.

Supercell thunderstorms were liable for past week's chaotic weather, which prompted a slew of exigency alerts for confederate Saskatchewan connected June 19, urging radical to instrumentality cover.

ECCC worked with the Northern Tornadoes Project, based retired of Western University successful Ontario, to way and verify the tornadoes utilizing videos and photos.

The past respective days were spent getting details connected the footage and ensuring 2 videos were not of the aforesaid tornado, Luke said.

There was immoderate spot harm to farms conscionable southbound of the colony of Hubbard, Luke said. The bureau is presently investigating that harm to "help find however strong" those tornadoes mightiness person been.

No injuries were reported to ECCC.

The bureau is inactive moving to corroborate if Monday's funnel unreality lawsuit produced immoderate tornadoes.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Katie Swyers is simply a newsman with CBC Saskatchewan, based successful Regina. She is simply a 2021 Joan Donaldson Scholar and has antecedently worked for CBC Podcasts, CBC's Marketplace, CBC's web investigative unit, CBC Toronto, CBC Manitoba and arsenic a pursuit shaper for Canada Tonight connected CBC News Network. You tin scope her astatine [email protected].