WWCN13 CWWG 200844

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 2:44 A.M. CST WEDNESDAY 20 AUGUST 2025.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:

=NEW= KINDERSLEY - ROSETOWN - BIGGAR - WILKIE - MACKLIN

=NEW= YORKTON - MELVILLE - ESTERHAZY

      KAMSACK - CANORA - PREECEVILLE

      SWIFT CURRENT - HERBERT - CABRI - KYLE - LUCKY LAKE

      LEADER - GULL LAKE

      SHAUNAVON - MAPLE CREEK - VAL MARIE - CYPRESS HILLS.



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENDED FOR:

      ASSINIBOIA - GRAVELBOURG - CORONACH.



---------------------------------------------------------------------

==DISCUSSION==



CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS, 

LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.



NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM 

ACROSS CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE EARLY MORNING. 

ANOTHER WAVE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS ARRIVED IN THE SOUTHWEST. SOME OF 

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. 



PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SASKATCHEWAN WILL PERIODICALLY BE 

UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.



WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) LIGHTNING KILLS AND 

INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. 



HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO 

VISIBILITY. 



STRONG WIND GUSTS CAN DAMAGE TREES, BUILDINGS AND OVERTURN VEHICLES. 



LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND INJURY. 



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE 

FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 

DAMAGING HAIL, WIND OR RAIN. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

SKSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING 

(HASH)SKSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



END/PASPC