Update: Tornado warning in southern Saskatchewan cancelled

A tornado warning that Environment Canada issued for parts of southern Saskatchewan was cancelled after about an hour.

The warning issued for areas around Fort Qu’Appelle, Indian Head, Lumsden and Pilot Butte after numerous reports of a funnel cloud at 5:30 p.m.

Les Welsh was watching television at his home in Craven when he saw the cloud.

“I grabbed a camera, grabbed a picture from inside, ran to the back door, got my shoes on, went out to the edge of the road and just started taking pictures and a bit of video,” Welsh said.

“It started coming down a little bit but then it went back up eventually.”

Mike McDonald, a meteorologist from Environment Canada, said the storm was headed east at about 40 kilometres per hour.

He said the storm might have touched down briefly but no damage had been reported.

The weather office has since issued severe thunderstorm watches in the southeast of the province, where the storm is tracking.