Emergency Alerts: tornado warning in effect

tornado warning in effect

At 7:12 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time Wednesday, Environment Canada has issued a tornado warning for North Central and South Central Alberta. Extra care and attention should be exercised in and around the following localities: Rimbey, Crestomere, 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 Eckville, Lacombe Co. near Lacombe Blackfalds and Bentley, Ponoka Co. near Rimbey Bluffton and Hoadley, Ponoka Co. near Crestomere)