Storm chaser Craig Boehm got this shot of a tornado southeast of Regina on Saturday evening. (Craig Boehm/Twitter)

By CKOM News Staff

Tornado touched down south of Regina on Saturday

May 29, 2023 | 12:41 PM

The Northern Tornadoes Project says Canada’s first twister of 2023 touched down south of Regina.

The project, which operates out of Western University in London, Ont., said the tornado was part of the storm that battered the Queen City and surrounding area on Saturday.

“Photos/video provided sufficient evidence to confirm,” the Northern Tornadoes Project said in a tweet. “The tornado damaged a farm near Rowatt.”

The tweet added that a team from the project was to conduct a damage survey Monday.

Environment Canada confirmed the tornado and gave it a preliminary rating of EF0 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. That’s the lowest of the six categories on the scale, which uses 28 damage indicators and eight levels of the degree of damage.

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