Environment Canada has confirmed that a tornado hit the southwestern part of the province on Monday.
It happened just north of the village of Rheinfeld around 5:40 pm CST. It is the location of the Centennial wind farm.
Craig Hilts of Prairie Fire Photography was there.
On his Facebook page, he says he saw what he thought was a funnel cloud forming behind a row of trees. He moved to get a better view and then realized what it was.
“I saw the rotation on the ground almost directly towards me. I took a picture and went south calling it,” Hilts said in the post.
The weather agency says it was rated EF-0, the lowest rating on the tornado scale, with wind speeds between 90 and 130 kilometers per hour.
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No damage was reported.
Hilts was praised by the Northern Tornadoes project for contacting Environment Canada immediately, so that a timely warning could be issued.
The Western University group says it was Saskatchewan’s third tornado in 2022. The other two went to Caron on May 17 and Maymont on June 10.
This article was originally published for CBC News.
Thumbnail photo: Archive photo used for illustrative purposes only. Credit: Kyle Brittain.