Severe weather rolled through northwest Saskatchewan Saturday afternoon, bringing hail, wind hinds and tornado warnings. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

By Tyler Marr

SUMMER SATURDAY STORM

Severe weather rolls through region, brings high winds, hail

Jul 27, 2019 | 10:13 PM

A vigorous low preassure system rolled through west-central Saskatchewan Saturday evening, bringing hail, wind, rain and tornado warnings.

Environment Canada issued a number of severe weather alerts and a tornado warning for the Marsden, Neilburg, Senlac, Unity, Cut Knife and Sweetgrass First Nation areas at around 5:45 p.m.

It was extended to include Edam and Paynton just after 6 p.m. and was lifted around 6:20 p.m.

Jayna Hannah took this image as the storm approached Cochin. (submitted/Janya Hannah)

Clouds hung over North Battleford shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday as severe weather moved through the region. (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW Staff)

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The view of clouds moving over Jackfish Lake Saturday evening. (submitted photo/Chris Edwards)

Clouds are seen over Jackfish Lake. (supplied/Jennifer Rae)

In a weather summary posted by Environment and Climate Change Canada Sunday morning, wind gusts around 85 km/h were recorded in North Battleford and 83 km/h around Kindersley.

Baseball sized hail between 64 and 75 millimetres was reported about 25 kilometres northeast of North Battleford. Toonie sized hail was found in Meota and around Jackfish Lake, while quarter and nickel sized hail struck around Edam and Martins Lake Regional Park.

It is unknown if any major damage ocurred.

Stacey Tischler had hail fall at her home between North Battleford and Cochin. (supplied/Stacey Tischler)

Ashley Atcheynum took this image of hail outside of Meota. (supplied/Ashley Atcheynum)

Ashley Atcheynum found these hail stones outside of Meota. (supplied/Ashley Atcheynum)

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