Five tornadoes in SK on Canada Day
NTP investigation has determined that five weak tornadoes occurred in southeastern SK on July 1. All were confirmed based on video evidence with no damage reported. Therefore, all are assigned an EF0-Default rating. Many thanks to Sean Schofer for providing extra details related to the tornado videos he captured.
Full details in the event summaries below, including a regional map. The tornado can be plotted on a map using the NTP Dashboard .
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Event Name: Gull Lake, SK
Date: July 1, 2024
Start Time: 2:20 PM CST (2020 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-default
Estimated Tornado Location: 50.12N, 108.41W
Description: Witness captured a photo of a tornado near Gull Lake. No injuries were reported. As no damage was found and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-scale assessment is default EF0. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion. Start time is based on witness report.
Event Name: Crescent Lake (1), SK
Date: July 1, 2024
Start Time: 4:23 PM CST (2223 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-default
Estimated Tornado Location: 50.97N, 102.59W
Description: Witnesses captured video of a tornado near Crescent Lake (east of Melville). No injuries were reported. As no damage was found and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-scale assessment is default EF0. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion. Start time is based on witness report. Two additional tornadoes later developed further east of this event also in the Crescent Lake area.
Event Name: Crescent Lake (2), SK
Date: July 1, 2024
Start Time: 4:35 PM CST (2235 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-default
Estimated Tornado Location: 50.965N, 102.50W
Description: Witness reported a tornado near Cresent Lake (east of Melville) and captured video of the associated funnel cloud aloft. No injuries were reported. As no damage was found and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-scale assessment is default EF0. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion. Start time is based on witness report. This was the second of three tornadoes that were reported in the Crescent Lake area.
Event Name: Crescent Lake (3), SK
Date: July 1, 2024
Start Time: 4:45 PM CST (2245 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-default
Estimated Tornado Location: 50.96N, 102.38W
Description: Witness reported a tornado near Crescent Lake (east of Melville) and video of the associated funnel cloud aloft was captured. No injuries were reported. As no damage was found and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-scale assessment is default EF0. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion. Start time is based on witness report. Two other tornadoes developed prior to this event also in the Crescent Lake area.
Event Name: Bredenbury, SK
Date: July 1, 2024
Start Time: 5:16 PM CST (2316 UTC)
Final Classification: Tornado (Over Land)
Final EF-Scale Rating: EF0-default
Estimated Tornado Location: 50.97N, 102.16W
Description: Witness reported a tornado near Bredenbury and video of the associated funnel cloud aloft was captured. As no damage was found and satellite imagery review revealed no visible damage, the EF-scale assessment is default EF0. Information available insufficient to accurately estimate track length, max. path width and tornado motion. Start time is based on witness report.
Map showing the locations of the five July 1 tornadoes in southeastern Saskatchewan.
