Funnel cloud advisory issued amid Alberta weather warnings

As rain poured down in Calgary Wednesday afternoon, Environment Canada issued a funnel cloud advisory for the city just before 2 p.m.

“These types of funnel clouds are generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms,” reads the advisory.

“This weak rotation is normally not a danger near the ground. However, there is a chance that this rotation could intensify and become a weak landspout tornado.”

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The agency suggested taking shelter if a funnel cloud develops nearby.

Most of southern Alberta was under rainfall warnings Wednesday afternoon, including a severe thunderstorm warning for Medicine Hat, Bow Island and Suffield areas.

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