Heat, severe thunderstorm warnings lifted in southeast Sask.

As of early Sunday morning, all watches and warnings were lifted.

On top of the heat warnings, which were initially issued earlier this week, Environment Canada added severe thunderstorm warnings to parts of southeast Saskatchewan Saturday morning.

By the evening, severe thunderstorm watches persisted in the eastern part of the province, as well as in the north.

Areas around Yorkton saw a severe thunderstorm warning at 8 p.m.

“A cluster of thunderstorms has developed southward through Melville and is moving slowly toward Esterhazy. Toonie-sized hail was reported from these thunderstorms when they were near Ituna,” according to Environment Canada’s website.

As of 10:30 a.m., the severe thunderstorm warnings covered areas around Carlyle, Estevan, Fort Qu’Appelle, Lumsden, Moosomin and Grenfell.

As of 2:45 p.m., most of the warnings were downgraded to watches with the exception of areas around Carlyle and Moosomin.

“A line of thunderstorms stretching from south of Whitewood to near Oxbow is moving slowly eastward toward the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border. Nickel-sized hail has already been reported with some of these thunderstorms. Locally heavy downpours are also occurring with the thunderstorms in this line,” the weather alert warned in its 2:17 p.m. update.

Heat warnings

Heat warnings remained in effect for areas around Moose Jaw and Assiniboia, all the way east to the Manitoba border.

It was the third day that heat warnings were in place.

The temperature in Regina was still above 30 into the early evening but fell to 25 C as the sun began to set.

By Sunday, Environment Canada said a cold front is forecast to move through the region, bringing temperatures back to normal for this time of year, along with possibly some thunderstorms.