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Old Posted: Jul 6, 2009, 1:49 AM
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Red Deer Tornado

I was up in Red Deer last night (at Westerner Park). Saw this looking to the north:





Both photos by me.
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^^^ Pretty cool shots. I have lived in Alberta my entire life and I have never seen one first-hand.
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Did it touch down?
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Old Posted: Jul 6, 2009, 7:44 AM
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wow. awesome
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Did it touch down?
looks like it.
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/To...893/story.html
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Old Posted: Jul 6, 2009, 12:52 PM
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Did it touch down?
Yes it did. It looks like the pictures RWin posted, and most of the other pictures I've seen, are of the funnel cloud. Technically, it doesn't become a tornado until it touches down.
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