Yellow Tornado Watch in Effect for Smoky Lake County Area
This alert is no longer in effect.
ECCC issued it on August 13, 2026, 10 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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Environment Canada has issued a yellow tornado watch for Smoky Lake Co. near Vilna, Saddle Lake and Whitefish Lake due to conditions favorable for tornado development.
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- Record type
- Tornado Watch
- Affected area
- Smoky Lake County, Alberta
- Issued
- August 13, 2026
- Issuing authority
- ECCC
Tornado warnings are short-window notices for the named area. The issuing office is the authority on whether the warning remains active or has been replaced.
Record status: historical. It was issued 10 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Smoky Lake County, Alberta.
Alert Details
Yellow watch - tornado - in effect. Issued by Environment Canada. Effective from 2026-08-13T18:46:36-00:00 until 2026-08-14T04:10:36-00:00.
Affected Areas
Smoky Lake Co. near Vilna, Saddle Lake and Whitefish Lake.
What You Should Do
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ABstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #ABStorm.
Expected Conditions
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms which may produce a tornado. Funnel clouds in this area have been reported to be very close to the ground. It is possible that funnel clouds may touch the ground and become a brief landspout tornado.
Timeline
The risk of landspout tornadoes will last until early this evening. Alert effective 2026-08-13T18:46:36-00:00, expires 2026-08-14T04:10:36-00:00.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
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