Emergency Alerts: tornado warning in effect

tornado warning in effect

At 7:42 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time Wednesday, Environment Canada has updated a tornado warning for North Central and South Central Alberta. Extra care and attention should be exercised. The following localities are included in the warning: Rimbey, Crestomere, Ponoka, Eckville and Lacombe. Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible. Area: (Lacombe Co. near Lacombe Blackfalds and Bentley, Ponoka Co. near Ponoka and Maskwacis, Ponoka Co. near Crestomere)