3:30 pm update: Calgary’s tornado warning has since ended, a severe thunderstorm warning remains in place.
Original article:
Calgarians are sheltering in place as a thunderstorm rolls into the city.
Environment Canada issued a tornado warning earlier this afternoon, warning that multiple eyewitnesses have reported a possible tornado in west Calgary heading east.
The city’s storm-chasers have already begun posting photos and videos of the potentially devastating force of nature, sharing the sights to social media.
Here are a few of the videos we’ve seen so far of Calgary’s developing thunderstorm:
likely tornado just west of Calgary #abstorm #yyc pic.twitter.com/jp35Tlnzvk
— Kyle Brittain (@KyleTWN) July 23, 2020
Whoa. #abstorm #yyc #yycweather pic.twitter.com/GzzA2Yhzuu
— Calin Way (@CalinWay) July 23, 2020
Took this a moment before the tornado warning went off. It’s sped up a bit. #yyc #abstorm #tornado #yycstorm @cm @adolwyn pic.twitter.com/sJt2xlbDvW
— Mr.k (@MrKnowler) July 23, 2020
Hey #Calgary …. look out behind you #Abstorm pic.twitter.com/vKvCdIRdeN
— Richard Gottardo (@RichardGottardo) July 18, 2020
Crazy clouds over downtown Calgary #abstorm #globalnews pic.twitter.com/5eYdh4mLBY
— Craig Blumhagen (@CraigBlumhagen) July 23, 2020
#abstorm – west of Calgary about 2:15 pm pic.twitter.com/NuiNS6b1vZ
— Carrie L (@carrie_lefebvre) July 23, 2020
Dust cycling over Griffiths Woods School in Springbank Hill @CTVdavidspence #abstorm pic.twitter.com/Uurm13pOsz
— Michael Forbes (@forbulous13) July 23, 2020
Scary supercell over Calgary #yyc #abstorm rotating hard. 303PM pic.twitter.com/7g6cffzcDa
— Kyle Brittain (@KyleTWN) July 23, 2020
Tornado Warning for Calgary, Alberta! Powerful supercell is heading straight for downtown Calgary. Large hail also likely with this storm. Time 2:41 MDT #ABstorm pic.twitter.com/uwI9Ol5wJs
— RadarOmega (@RadarOmega_WX) July 23, 2020
Tornado warned storm over YYC #ABStorm@ree pic.twitter.com/XCb4imx8XM
— ChasinSpin (@ChasinSpin) July 23, 2020