Alerts issued in Manitoba after tornado reported north of Gilbert Plains: Environment Canada

Environment Canada issued tornado watches for several areas in southeasternManitoba Wednesday after a tornado was reported a few kilometres north of the western Manitoba community of Gilbert Plains.

The tornado was reported to the weather agency just before 1 p.m. CT, according toEnvironment Canada's website.

Kimberly Perih spotted the tornado at about 12:50 p.m. near her property north of GilbertPlains and shot a video of it.

She estimates it was about two to three kilometres away from her home, close enough that she could hear it.

"I was a little nervous, especially when we were watching the wind and noticed that it was coming towards us, not going away from us," she said.

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Video shows funnel cloud north of Gilbert Plains, Man.

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Kimberley Perih posted a video Wednesday afternoon to Facebook of a funnel cloud near her home, about 12 kilometres north of Gilbert Plains.

She said she saw it touch down at one point, but it dissolved a short time after.

"We didn't see any debris or anything like that, but we definitely saw like the dust and dirt and that type of thing it was picking up," she said.

A tornado warning issued earlier in the day for Gilbert Plains wasdowngraded to a severe thunderstorm watch.

The municipality of West Lake-Gladstone, nearthe southwest corner of Lake Manitoba, was also under a tornado warning Wednesday afternoon but Environment Canada laterdowngraded that to a tornado watch before ending the notice altogether.

Tornado watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes.

A tornado warning isissued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce, or are producing, tornadoes.

As of 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, all of the tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings and watcheshad ended in Manitoba.