Prairie Tornado Update (#3)

Here's a third update covering a string of Prairie tornado events from late June into mid July. This update covers the tornadoes of June 29th in Alberta and Saskatchewan that were investigated by NTP in collaboration with Environment Canada. Several of these were complicated events that required additional time and effort to fully and properly document.

Below are the event summaries for these tornadoes.

Event Name: Coronation, AB
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 2:40 PM MDT (2040 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-Default 
Estimated tornado location: 52.002N, 111.464W
Description: Witness captured video of a tornado in an open field south of Coronation. As no damage was reported and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-Scale assessment is EF0-Default. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion.

Event Name: Manitou Beach, SK
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 2:55 PM CST (2055 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF2 
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-6
Start of damage track: 51.7491N, 105.6086W
End of damage of track: 51.7209N, 105.5109W
Location of worst damage: 51.7249N, 105.5277W  
Description: Witnesses captured video and photos of a tornado that developed near Little Manitou Lake west of Manitou Beach and northwest of Watrous. No injuries were reported. Tree damage was documented by a member of the public from a powered paraglider, and satellite imagery review revealed a damage track through cropland and treed areas. Damage assessed as EF2 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 190 km/h, track length of 7.47 km and max. path width of 210 m. Tornado motion was from the WNW (approx. 295 degrees). 

Event Name: Foam Lake, SK
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 4:42 PM CST (2242 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1 
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-T/DOD-4
Start of damage track: 51.6627N, 103.6713W
End of damage of track: 51.6507N, 103.5567W
Location of worst damage: 51.6535N, 103.6079W  
Description: Witnesses captured video and photos of a tornado that developed west of Foam Lake. No injuries were reported. Structural and tree damage to two farm properties was reported, including several destroyed grain bins tossed or rolled across open fields, roof damage to sheds/barns and damage to farm equipment. An NTP survey was completed on June 30, 2022. Satellite imagery review revealed a damage track through cropland. Damage assessed as EF1 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 150 km/h, track length of 8.17 km and max. path width of 330 m. Tornado motion was from the W (approx. 280 degrees). 

Event Name: Cymric (1), SK
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 5:20 PM CST (2320 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1 
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-FSGB/DOD-2 
Start of damage track: 51.2534N, 105.1123W 
End of damage of track: 51.2124N, 104.8343W
Location of worst damage: 51.2162N, 104.8903W
Description: Witnesses captured video of a tornado that developed west of Cymric and tracked eastward. No injuries were reported. A damage survey was completed by private citizen on behalf of NTP, documenting damage to grain bins at several farm properties and damage to trees, fences and signs. Satellite imagery review revealed isolated areas of visible damage along the storm track. Two separate tornado tracks were identified. The first tornado that developed west of Cymric and dissipated southeast of Cymric was assessed EF1, with an estimated max. wind speed of 160 km/h, track length of 20.0 km and max. path width of 300 m. Tornado motion was from the WNW (approx. 285 degrees). After this tornado dissipated southeast of Cymric, a second tornado developed approx. 2 km further along the storm track (also causing up to EF1 damage). The same supercell parent storm later produced two tornadoes near Serath, SK.

Event Name: Cymric (2), SK
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 5:40 PM CST (2340 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1 
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-FSGB/DOD-2
Start of damage track: 51.1996N, 104.8096W 
End of damage of track: 51.1803N, 104.6785W
Location of worst damage: 51.1961N, 104.7497W
Description:  Witnesses captured video of a tornado that developed west of Cymric and tracked eastward. No injuries were reported. A damage survey was completed by private citizen on behalf of NTP, documenting damage to grain bins at several farm properties and damage to trees, fences and signs. Satellite imagery review revealed isolated areas of visible damage along the storm track. Two separate tornado tracks were identified. The first tornado that developed west of Cymric and dissipated southeast of Cymric was assessed EF1. The second tornado developed southeast of Cymric, causing EF1 damage, with an estimated max. wind speed of 160 km/h. The second tornado had a track length of 9.5 km and max. path width of 370 m. Tornado motion was from the WNW (approx. 285 degrees). The same supercell parent storm later produced two tornadoes near Serath, SK. Start time is radar estimated.

Event Name: Serath (1), SK
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 5:55 PM CST (2355 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land) (Concurrent - Primary)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF1 
EF-Scale Damage Indicator / Degree of Damage: C-FSGB/DOD-2
Start of damage track: 51.1531N, 104.5572W
End of damage of track: 51.1388N, 104.4564W
Location of worst damage: 51.1386N, 104.4937W 
Description: Witness captured photos of two simultaneous tornadoes southwest of Serath. One of the tornadoes dissipated and the other tracked eastward, south of Serath. Structural was reported at two farm properties along the damage path south of Serath. No injuries were reported. Satellite imagery review revealed a partial damage track through cropland and areas of isolated damage along the track. Damage assessed as EF1 tornado, with an estimated max. wind speed of 160 km/h, track length of 7.30 km and max. path width of 220 m. Tornado motion was from the WNW (approx. 285 degrees). The same supercell parent storm had earlier produced two tornadoes near Cymric, SK.

Event Name: Serath (2), SK
Date: June 29, 2022
Start Time: 5:55 PM CST (2355 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land) (Concurrent - Secondary)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-Default
Estimated tornado location: 51.15N, 104.56W 
Description: Witness captured photos of two simultaneous tornadoes southwest of Serath. One of the tornadoes dissipated and the other tracked eastward causing EF1 damage south of Serath. The tornado that dissipated southwest of Serath appears to have caused no damage and is assigned a EF0-Default rating. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion of this tornado. The same supercell parent storm had earlier produced two tornadoes near Cymric, SK.