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Tornado spotted near D'Arcy after warnings issued for parts of west-central Saskatchewan

Thunderstorms rumbled through western Saskatchewan on Tuesday afternoon and at one point Environment Canada issuedtornado warnings for the west-central part of the provinces.

Kindersley, the Battlefords among areas under warning Tuesday afternoon

A tornado was spotted near D'arcy, Sask. (Kent Llewit/Twitter)
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Thunderstorms rumbled through western Saskatchewan on Tuesday afternoon and at one point Environment Canada issuedtornado warnings for the west-central part of the province.

At around 5:40 p.m. CST, the weather agency said a tornado warning replaces severe thunderstorm warnings for the RM of Kindersley, which includes the town of Kindersley, Brock and Flaxcombe.

Several people posted pictures online of a tornado near D'Arcy, Sask.

A tornadowarning was laterissued for several other communities, including The Battlefords and Rosetown.

Environment Canada issued thunderstorm warnings and tornado warnings in west-central Saskatchewan on Tuesday, June 15. (Environment Canada)

Don Leith took this photo near Rosetown.

Rieger said this picture was taken out the window of his house. (Submitted by Dustin Rieger)

The warnings came as Environment Canada meteorologists trackeda severe thunderstorm travelling northeast at 20kilometres per hour.

The agency saidtornadoes, damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall were allpossible.