A tornado warning issued in Alberta has ended after a twister touched down near the community of Wimborne.
Environment Canada issued a warning for parts of parts of Kneehill County shortly after 5 p.m., due to “an eyewitness report” of a tornado near Three Hills.
The warning was revised to a severe thunderstorm warning at 5:27 p.m. local time.
“This thunderstorm has produced a tornado,” the agency said in its update, issued at 5:27 p.m. local time.
“The tornado has since lifted and the threat of a future tornado is no longer imminent,” the statement went on.
The agency warned that there continued to be a risk of large hail and wind gusts that can toss loose objects, damage buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles.
Don Wolff, a resident of Three Hills, told CTV Calgary that the tornado looked like “just a big funnel with a lot of dirt and what seemed like farm fields’ stuff going up into the heavens.”
Some photos showed what appeared to be damaged agricultural buildings.
There were no reports of injuries.
Eyewitnesses shared pictures of the tornado on Twitter.
Viewer Don Wolff sent along this dramatic pic of the tornado at Three Hills. #yyc pic.twitter.com/b4WOwCYh4P
— Reg Hampton (@CTVrhampton) June 2, 2017
My mom just sent me these photos, the view from her place in #ThreeHills right now! #abstorm @hbthreehills pic.twitter.com/2l3jC4fP02
— Bobbi Cullum (@RealTurkeyLady) June 2, 2017
Tornado pictures touchdown by seed cleaning plant west of Three Hills half hour ago #ABStorm #CTVNews #Tornado pic.twitter.com/xm4gY7IQSb
— Brenda Faubion (@bfaubion67) June 2, 2017
Just spotted what I think is a tornado north of Carbon, probably up towards Three Hills. #abstorm @environmentca pic.twitter.com/yPRopvZx2s
— Dan Spivak (@danman222) June 2, 2017
#abstorm east of three hills pic.twitter.com/HbjO5ZLa07
— Ryan T (@rtt05) June 2, 2017
Picture taken east of Didsbury. #abstorm @AlbertaTornado pic.twitter.com/1r6OV48Wm3
— Jeff Miller (@jeffakccmiller) June 2, 2017
So this is happening just north of Three Hills right now.... #abstorm pic.twitter.com/b26Xn0g63q
— David Gilfoy (@DavidGilfoy) June 2, 2017