Here comes the WIND! There goes the BIGGEST storm system of the YEAR 2023

Wind gust danger early this evening as the strongest storm system of the year is beginning to rear its ugly head in southern Manitoba. This system produced a violent, public and damaging tornado event in Alberta in the afternoon and a top secret microburst or tornado north of Regina on Saturday evening. Eccccccccccc says its a high risk in southeastern areas of Manitoba. Echo tops show a discrete supercell that had popped up a little further west than expected. Again, those downstream of tornadic supercells are in grave danger. Take extreme precautions, watch the weather and stay safe! (We will process the secret footage tomorrow and post all the incredible highlights of this season in the coming days, boring weather ahead for at least the next two weeks) 

YouTube footage:

Violent Tornado Hits Homes Near Didsbury, Alberta 

JayJack Storm Trax

Canada Day Convection to Supercell Microburst with Lightning

Saskatchewan Storms and Wildlife Wonders

 

Tornado/Gustnado/Supercell/Shelf Epic Day: June 23rd, 2022 Comprehensive Summary

 June 23rd, 2022 Comprehensive Summary of this Spectacular Epic Tornado Warning Fest, Hail Shaft Frenzy, Gustnado Apocalypse with Mammoth Sized Popcorn Clouds followed by the Orange Peel Mega Shelf Cloud and a Vigorous Lightning Engine Supercell that had no quit!

Saskatchewan Storms and Wildlife Wonders on YouTube:

(titles subject to change)

Sony 4K Full TL 4:22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqGMjCp38yE

MotoG Power TL Clip 0:11

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE9MA1fbigA

Canon 730hs Super Zoom + 17:45 Action Thriller Full Episode

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX7AOgzBrXw

Lost In The Storm on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89lbr8cjkVA

Prairie Weather Media on YouTube:

Edenwold, SK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upEF1lT7VD4

Twitter photos with locations:

Edenwold, SK timelapse by Joshua Zorn

https://twitter.com/JoshZorn/status/1540498090624487424?s=20&t=pnlqqMmt8ZAHtmb31YQ92w

Regina Beach hail size

https://twitter.com/GregMorganCJME/status/1540312604849102851?s=20&t=pnlqqMmt8ZAHtmb31YQ92w

West of Central Butte

https://twitter.com/edp1990/status/1540364630224248833?s=20&t=pnlqqMmt8ZAHtmb31YQ92w

NE of Gerald, SK

https://twitter.com/MBstormchasers/status/1540152002327580672?s=20&t=pnlqqMmt8ZAHtmb31YQ92w

South of Fairy Hill

https://twitter.com/thefunkygirl/status/1540161818181586944?s=20&t=pnlqqMmt8ZAHtmb31YQ92w

[Timeline of Events] Deadly Severe Weather Outbreak May 17 to 21 Saskatchewan/Michigan/Ontario/Quebec 2022

A timeline of events from the top of the May 2022 full moon cycle, it all started with this foreshadowing sign from the clouds east of Wascana Lake spotted on May 16th 3:36pm.

Hoping to see something pop up over Wascana Lake, filming began..

(for more, read the descriptions on the YouTube videos)   

May 17th

A probable tornado touched down on this farm near Caronport, Tuesday night around 7 p.m. #SKstorm pic.twitter.com/yB52i0rlgV

— CTV Morning Live Regina (@CTVReginaLive) May 18, 2022

To calculate the speed of the wind here all you have to do is know the distance between power poles and the speed of the debris that covers that distance. IF PowerPoleDistance=100m AND Debris speed is 3 seconds THEN it takes 30 seconds to go 1km WHICH = 120km/hr .. That is the speed of the outer bands of wind. The inner core of the tornado is obviously much higher, this looks like an EF3 which would correspond with similar events in Michigan from the same system. Environment Canada gave it a preliminary rating of EF0 because there were no reports of damage (unless SGI was to share information of course). The Western Ontario University Northern Tornado Project report can be viewed here: https://uwo.ca/ntp/blog/2022/landspout_tornado_near_caron_sk.html

As it super cooled off, another brief filming session with Kestrel temperature close monitoring as we saw it drop from 15C as the first sunshine came out after the rain, to 9C in about an hour!

May 18th

On Friday, May 20th, an EF3 tornado ripped through Gaylord, Michigan killing 2 and injuring 40. Here is some of the highest level damage and an historic "wood through steel" photo:

Vehicles impaled by debris here in Gaylord MI @SevereStudios pic.twitter.com/PaW2g6MeBs

— Jordan Hall (@JordanHallWX) May 21, 2022

The next morning started off with what was reported as hurricane force winds near London, Ontario.

Almost hurricane force winds on this line near Drumbo! @weathernetwork #ONStorm pic.twitter.com/BUKPOpL2l3

— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) May 21, 2022

 This shockingly powerful storm ended up ripping across 1000km of the most populated areas of Ontario and Quebec including Toronto (121km/hr), Peterborough (130km/hr), Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City. At least 5 were killed, unknown at this time the damage or total injuries. Historic Derecho for sure. 

You can see the sheet of dirt and the car being pushed in the #ONStorm #ontstorm #ottnews @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/Py6iJyxKEt

— Adam Safaoui (@adam_safaoui) May 21, 2022

Incredibly fitting, on May 22nd this is how it ended:

It's still chugging along pic.twitter.com/g30FnYgVbx

— Mike (@205mph) May 23, 2022

Waiting for Winter to End... videos of how it went Winter of 21/22 in Regina, Saskatchewan

November 16th, 2021 Blizzard Walk Downtown Regina #Blizzard #WildWeather #Saskatchewan

Major Watermain Break Flooding The City! #yqrTraffic #Regina #Saskatchewan

Blizzard Walk January 31, 2022 #skstorm #Regina #Saskatchewan #yqr

Walking in the snow shower, documenting piles of snow in Regina #4K #SpringMelt2022 #Saskatchewan

BONUS: Spring Chickadee Slow Motion Footage

Little Bird In Super Duper Slow Motion

Videos from YouTube of the August 31st Damaging Hailfest and Weak Tornadoes

EDIT: Many videos have been taken down by YouTube, text remains but some of these are old broken links. 

I have gone through YouTube and made a list of all the videos with significant footage of the historic August 31, 2021 Storm the hit the city of Regina. This was the closest we have come yet to capturing the return of "Regina Cyclone 2.0" Please excuse the video thumbnails, for they are hilarious but quite fake. The footage inside the videos is real, I have reviewed it all. Each of these video shows a different angle of this epic storm.

Apocalypse of Stones in Canada! 🚨 Hailstorm struck Regina, Saskatchewan

https://youtu.be/gGz5tpiJKS4

832,505 views

This video shows a funnel with dust coming up of the ground which usually is enough to confirm an EF0 tornado. Tornado starts at 1:12 in the video. Travel With Costy's YouTube Channel:

SCARY THUNDERSTORM WIT HAIL STORM IN Regina, Saskatchewan. CANADA

https://youtu.be/ga9MAwrGha8
431 views

Another weak funnel can be seen crossing over downtown from the CBC sky camera. Tornado / funnel starts at 0:25 in the video. Recommend slowing down the frames in the options on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/yEcYOILbt-s

Real close to a tornado, mostly funnel. Amazing view from right under the cloud I was filming much further back on the lake. From Brandon Mazenc's YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/-C86CY1e-ls

Looks like another weak funnel / tornado at 4:16 on Shear WX Severe Weather Chasers YouTube channel:

https://youtu.be/SphqakNn8rI

Possibly the closest footage by chasers of rotation trying to turn into a tornado. Also, check out the tight funnel at 7:01 nearly a tornado right in front of them. Credit Manitoba Storm Chasers YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/byCpard3v1A

Craig Boehm had another close view:

https://youtu.be/GSk6dv-LRlA

I can't possibly post every video on YouTube here so here is a list of videos I made which eventually be part of the movie in the making Regina Cyclone 2.0

Quick Wascana Marsh View: 4K Hyperlapse Slowed to Quarter Speed (Sony)

Full Timelapse of August 31, 2021 Spinning Hail Storm (Sony)

Spinning Vortices / Rapid Updrafts / Tornado Warned Supercell (Canon)

Full Storm Show August 31, 2021 FHD60  (Canon)

Timelapse Replay: Sky Cam View August 31st Spinning Hail Storm (Logitech)

Surveying the Damage from August 31" Spinning" Hail Storm (Sony/Canon)

NOTE: I kinda rushed this post due to prep for thunderstorms right after work tomorrow! Non-zero tornado risk again after 3pm.