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By CHAT News Staff

Classified as an 'F0'

Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down near Brooks on Tuesday

Jul 8, 2020 | 4:19 PM

BROOKS, AB – A Brooks mother and her family captured video of a funnel cloud right next to them on Highway 1 east of Calgary yesterday.

Darsie Smith was with her husband and daughter shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday when they saw an ominous formation in the sky – northwest of Brooks.

At the same time an emergency alert for parts of the County of Newell – which surrounds Brooks – was issued due to the possibility of tornadoes forming.

Environment Canada has confirmed a brief tornado did touch down in the area at around 8:05 p.m.

It was classified as an “F0” with estimated winds of 105 to 137 kilometres an hour.

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There have been no reports of any damage.

This was the fourth confirmed tornado in Alberta already this season.