{"id":24098,"date":"2025-07-25T22:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/24098\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T22:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T22:39:15","slug":"tornado-watch-issued-as-severe-storms-hit-the-prairies-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/24098\/","title":{"rendered":"Tornado watch issued as severe storms hit the Prairies on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DON&#8217;T MISS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/science\/explainers\/why-nocturnal-thunderstorms-can-be-particularly-dangerous\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why nocturnal thunderstorms can be particularly dangerous<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Saturday, scattered storms are likely to form along the foothills as well as in central and northern British Columbia, driven by a surge of cold air.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/60GkPAli2RRLdvL6sqcBbm\/f8e12137763b6c62a4caf1aa3253ad83\/Baron_-_Saturday_thunderstorm_risk_Prairies_-_July_25.png\" alt=\"Baron - Saturday thunderstorm risk Prairies - July 25\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Baron_-_Saturday_thunderstorm_risk_Prairies_-_July_25.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A line of stronger storms could develop over northwestern Ontario and extend into southern Manitoba. Additionally, there is overnight potential for storms near the Manitoba\u2013U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>Warmer weather returns, little help for Manitoba wildfires<\/p>\n<p>Following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/late-july-chill-yields-a-rare-summer-frost-advisory-in-alberta\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this week&#8217;s frost<\/a> and even snow threat for parts of the Prairies, warmer weather is set to return next week, though no extreme heat is expected.<\/p>\n<p>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/lifestyle\/health\/ontarians-report-vision-impacts-from-wildfire-smoke-extreme-weather-poll\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wildfire smoke, other extreme weather affecting Ontarians&#8217; vision: Poll<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warm weather next week will bring the typical summer risk of thunderstorms, with periods of strong to severe storms expected, particularly in Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, central and northern Manitoba, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/explore\/wildfire\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wildfires remain a concern<\/a>, are expected to see below-normal rainfall throughout the week, offering little relief to affected areas.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to The Weather Network for the latest forecast updates for the Prairies.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: Wildfires continue to burn across the northern Prairies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DON&#8217;T MISS: Why nocturnal thunderstorms can be particularly dangerous By Saturday, scattered storms are likely to form along&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[901,49,48,19513,904,44,11423,5097,18234,19512],"class_list":["post-24098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-alberta","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-hail","tag-manitoba","tag-news","tag-prairies","tag-temperatures","tag-thunderstorm","tag-tornado"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}