Tornado alerts have been issued for several areas, mostly in southern Saskatchewan. This funnel cloud was spotted near Spring Water, Saskatchewan which is in the R.M. of Biggar. It was reported a few hours prior to the tornado spotted in Edam Friday afternoon. (Image Credit: 306StormChaser/Facebook)

By battlefordsNOW Staff

Weather warnings

Critical Alert for tornado near Edam cancelled; severe weather continues

Jul 3, 2026 | 4:26 PM

A critical alert was cancelled around 5:30 p.m. Friday evening, about an hour and half after it was issued, warning the public about a severe thunderstorm that was producing a tornado northwest of North Battleford.

An update issued at 5:03 p.m. said the cluster of severe thunderstorms were located around Meota and 15 kilometres east of Edam and that a tornado was spotted on the storm near Edam around 40 minutes earlier.

“This is a very dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation,” the alert warned.

Tornado warnings are issued when a thunderstorm is producing or is likely to produce a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible.

The area under a Critical Alert for a tornado as of 4:05 p.m. Friday, July 3, 2026. (Image Credit: SaskAlert screenshot)

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Golf ball sized hail hit the Cochin area around 5 p.m. Friday, July 3, 2026.

While videos posted on social media showed extreme weather conditions just west of Meadow Lake Friday afternoon around 3 p.m.

Lonnie Alm from Metinota, west of Meota, submitted this video from Jackfish Lake around 5 p.m. Friday.

While the critical alert for the tornado was cancelled, many areas continued to be under a severe thunderstorm warning. Environment Canada said conditions remain favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts up to 90 km/h, large hail and heavy rain.

Scattered thunderstorms and severe thunderstorms developed as a trough of low pressure continued to linger over much of southern and central Saskatchewan.

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