‘Another active day’: Low-pressure system moving into Sask. after stormy weekend

Environment Canada says more thunderstorms could be possible throughout Saskatchewan on Monday.

Meteorologist Chris Stammers says the conditions could be ripe for some systems to develop.

“It looks like another active day (Monday) as we have another low-pressure system coming out of Montana,” he said. “That’s kind of been the general track of the storms for the last bit.”

There has been no shortage of intense conditions throughout the province lately.

Large hail, heavy rain and at least one tornado touched down in parts of Saskatchewan on Friday.

On Sunday, it was much of the same, with golf-ball-sized hail, over an inch of rain in places and a possible tornado touchdown near Radville, roughly 50 kilometres southwest of Weyburn.

Possible tornado on the ground near Radville 4:50 pm #skstorm pic.twitter.com/j3411FG62u

— Jordan Carruthers🌪🌩🇨🇦 (@MBstormchasers) July 17, 2022

“We have an unconfirmed (tornado) right near Radville; we did get a picture of what looks to be a tornado. But we’ll work on confirming that later (Monday),” Stammers said. “But as of right now, it looks like it touched down.”

Stammers says multiple storms were making their way around the province on Sunday.

“There was a lot of alerts going off across the province,” he said. “Overall, it was a very active severe weather day over the prairies.

“It wasn’t super widespread, because we’re just talking about two or three storms, but they were particularly long-lived.”

After catching that tornado near Radville, my storm quickly dove south across the border and died, so I blasted 2 hours north to get a glimpse of this epic structure between Moose Jaw and Regina #skstorm pic.twitter.com/lVXOtoG2GB

— Jordan Carruthers🌪🌩🇨🇦 (@MBstormchasers) July 18, 2022

The conditions caused some stress for people attending Craven Country Thunder, cancelling one act before delaying Blake Shelton’s headlining performance.

A message for our Country Thunder Saskatchewan fans: due to oncoming severe thunderstorms, everyone is advised to go back to their vehicles / campers and take shelter. Please watch for updates.

— Country Thunder (@countrythunder) July 18, 2022

Thankfully for everyone in attendance at Craven, the system passed relatively quickly and Shelton was able to perform.

ATTN COUNTRY THUNDER SASKATCHEWAN: We are opening the festival bowl, and @blakeshelton will take the stage at 10:00 pm. Unfortunately due to the weather, @Lauren_Alaina will not be performing tonight.

— Country Thunder (@countrythunder) July 18, 2022

For the latest weather details on Monday, you can pay attention to any incoming alerts by clicking here.