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Put out by Virden's Mayor a few minutes ago:  
 

#Virden radar shows it is almost here. Take cover now please! I want to see you in the morning. #MBStorm.

&mdash: Jeff McConnell (@virdenmayor) July 28, 2015

Looks like Environment Canada has ended tornado warning on:  
RM of Cameron including Hartney  
RM Sifton including Oak Lake and Deleau  
RM Albert including Tilson and Broomhill  
 
That leaves us as of last update at 10:57pm with tornado warnings on:  
R.M. of Pipestone including Pipestone and Oak Lake Res.  
R.M. of Wallace including Virden and Elkhorn  
R.M. of Woodworth including Kenton and Sioux Valley Res.  
 
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=mb  
 
 
 
Edited by Adam, 2015-07-27 23:01:52

very cool way to watch the storm

New tornado warnings added at 11:10pm for:  
 
R.M. of Blanshard including Oak River and Cardale  
R.M. of Hamiota including McConnell and Lavinia  
R.M. of Miniota including Miniota and Bird Tail Creek Res.  
R.M. of Saskatchewan including Rapid City and Basswood  
R.M. of Daly including Rivers and Wheatland  
 
Also still in place as of 11:10pm:  
R.M. of Pipestone including Pipestone and Oak Lake Res.  
R.M. of Wallace including Virden and Elkhorn  
R.M. of Woodworth including Kenton and Sioux Valley Res.  
 
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=mb

11:17 now adds to tornado warnings:  
 
Municipality of Shoal Lake including Shoal Lake and Oakburn  
R.M. of Birtle including Foxwarren and Solsgirth  
R.M. of Harrison including Sandy Lake and Newdale  
R.M. of Strathclair including Strathclair and Elphinstone  
 
Also still under tornado warning at 11:17:  
R.M. of Blanshard including Oak River and Cardale  
R.M. of Hamiota including McConnell and Lavinia  
R.M. of Miniota including Miniota and Bird Tail Creek Res.  
R.M. of Saskatchewan including Rapid City and Basswood  
R.M. of Daly including Rivers and Wheatland  
R.M. of Pipestone including Pipestone and Oak Lake Res.  
R.M. of Wallace including Virden and Elkhorn  
R.M. of Woodworth including Kenton and Sioux Valley Res.  
 
Various others under watches as per:  
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=mb  
 
Edited by Adam, 2015-07-27 23:18:23

Starting to see some serious clouds and lighting rolling in

11:37pm tornado warnings still included:  
 
R.M. of Daly including Rivers and Wheatland  
R.M. of Wallace including Virden and Elkhorn  
R.M. of Woodworth including Kenton and Sioux Valley Res  
Municipality of Shoal Lake including Shoal Lake and Oakburn  
R.M. of Birtle including Foxwarren and Solsgirth  
R.M. of Blanshard including Oak River and Cardale  
R.M. of Hamiota including McConnell and Lavinia  
R.M. of Harrison including Sandy Lake and Newdale  
R.M. of Miniota including Miniota and Bird Tail Creek Res.  
R.M. of Saskatchewan including Rapid City and Basswood  
R.M. of Strathclair including Strathclair and Elphinstone  
 
Full text of the warning:  
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[i]At 11:37 p.m. CDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible.  
 
The weather office has received a report of a tornado northeast of Virden Manitoba as of 1055 PM CDT. Latest reports are that the tornado has become rainwrapped and therefore hard to see however doppler radar indicates strong rotation between Hamiota and Miniota. Communities in the path include Shoal Lake.  
 
This is a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation. Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches. Tornadoes at night cannot be seen and may strike suddenly. Sometimes they are preceded by strengthening winds, large hail, or an approaching whistling or roaring sound.  
 
Go indoors to a room on the lowest floor, away from outside walls and windows, such as a basement, bathroom, stairwell or interior closet. Leave mobile homes, vehicles, tents, trailers and other temporary or free-standing shelter, and move to a strong building if you can. As a last resort, lie in a low spot and protect your head from flying debris.  
 
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!  
 
Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required. Please monitor local media or Weatheradio. To report severe weather, send an email to storm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports to #MBStorm.  
 
[/i]  
http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/index_e.html?prov=mb  
 
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Thank you Adam for staying up and keeping us informed of all the new warnings. I know I can get the latest information here from you and it is very much appreciated.

Link below speaks to preliminary details of the Tornado. From the link:  
 
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"PRELIMINARY REPORTS INDICATE A LARGE TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF PIERSON, MB AT 8:30 PM CDT AND TRACKED NORTHWARD AND WAS ON THE GROUND FOR AN INCREDIBLE 2.5 TO 3 HOURS WITH THE LAST REPORT OF THE TORNADO RECEIVED AROUND 11 PM NORTH OF VIRDEN. VIDEO OF THIS  
TORNADO SHOWED A LARGE WEDGE ON THE GROUND AT TIMES. AT THIS TIME NO  
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE OR INJURIES HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OUTSIDE OF  
SOME DAMAGE TO A FARM SITE NEAR TILSTON MB LAST EVENING. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL BE SENDING A STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM TO WESTERN MANITOBA TODAY TO ASSESS ANY DAMAGE AND DETERMINE THE EXACT TRACK OF THE TORNADO AND DETERMINE THE STRENGTH OF THE TORNADO BASED ON THE DAMAGE.  
 
OTHER SIGNIFICANT EVENTS...  
 
QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN PIERSON, MB AT 8:30 PM CDT 75 MM OF RAIN IN RESTON AND IN VIRDEN BETWEEN 9 PM AND 12 AM 93 KM/H WIND GUST IN RESTON AT APPROXIMATELY 10 PM "  
http://kamala.cod.edu/Canada/latest.awcn11.CWWG.html  
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As much as it comes with a big time NSFW warning, the 7+ minute clip at the link below has to be included for telling the story as well as anything will on what took place in Westman last night. I imagine this is what they're talking about in the summary above. Please turn off speakers if you're in a situation where that could be an issue. In their excitement, person in the video from TVNWeather can be overheard saying "that's an F5." Obviously wouldn't take that completely literally at this point, but if Environment Canada's findings end up showing that kind of strength that would make it a candidate for the strongest tornado Canada has had (Elie's in 2007 has been the only F5 confirmed).  
 
Again, language warning if you hit play with volume on.  
The link is:  
https://youtu.be/T3ymPt91G14  
 
Canada AM has also posted the feature below to their Youtube:  
 
 
And quite the Photo on Greg Johnson's Facebook:  
 
 
and this one from his Twitter shows what it was able to do to a highway North of Pierson:  

#MBstorm pic from this evening N of Pierson, MB Tornado was so violent it ripped the asphalt from the hiway @680CJOB pic.twitter.com/RhqgzBYzBw

&mdash: Greg Johnson (@TornadoGreg) July 28, 2015

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Edited by Adam, 2015-07-28 09:59:42

A good cbc piece with "tornado hunter" Johnson, who ranks last night's tornado in the top 4 he's seen:  
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/canada/manitoba/topstories/storm-chaser-on-adrenaline-kick-after-monster-manitoba-tornado-1.3170660

From the CBC story at the link below, they are still assessing damage in coming up with a rating for the tornado:  
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/experts-study-manitoba-tornado-damage-to-rate-twister-1.3172207  
 
Examples of some of the damage:  

Crazy long day covering the aftermath of the tornado in southwestern MB. #mbstorm @globalwinnipeg pic.twitter.com/WhO8jbniyO

&mdash: Gage Fletcher (@GlobalGageENG) July 29, 2015

 

Mondayu2019s #mbstorm did significant damage to the Raynor farm near Tilston, #Manitoba: http://t.co/4C46Gluthg pic.twitter.com/Q57mmdbWsU

&mdash: The Brandon Sun (@thebrandonsun) July 29, 2015

 
 
Details of the cleanup from Manitoba Hydro:  
 
 
And one of the better pictures to show the scope of the tornado itself:  

This pic was taken right next to a farm impacted by the Tilston Tornado right after it happened. #skstorm #mbstorm pic.twitter.com/TzSzPTVjAp

&mdash: Kyle Fowler (@KyleFowler) July 29, 2015

 
 
 
Edited by Adam, 2015-07-29 11:27:02

Wow. That picture shows just how angry it was.

From the link below, the tornado has been given a preliminary rating of "high end EF2."  
http://kamala.cod.edu/Canada/latest.awcn11.CWWG.html  
 
Based on the info below about the EF scale, that would have it closer to the upper end of 180-220 km/hr  
https://ec.gc.ca/meteo-weather/default.asp?lang=En&n=41E875DA-1