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Environment Canada confirms tornado touched down near Brooks on Tuesday
Jul 8, 2020 | 4:19 PM
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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.
