Warning ends in Alberta after tornado touches down

Tornado touches down north of Calgary A tornado touched down in a small community north of Calgary Friday, sparking a short emergency alert and some stunning images.

A tornado warning issued in Alberta has ended after a twister touched down near the community of Wimborne.

Environment Canada issued a warning for parts of parts of Kneehill County shortly after 5 p.m., due to “an eyewitness report” of a tornado near Three Hills.

The warning was revised to a severe thunderstorm warning at 5:27 p.m. local time.

“This thunderstorm has produced a tornado,” the agency said in its update, issued at 5:27 p.m. local time.

“The tornado has since lifted and the threat of a future tornado is no longer imminent,” the statement went on.

The agency warned that there continued to be a risk of large hail and wind gusts that can toss loose objects, damage buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles.

Don Wolff, a resident of Three Hills, told CTV Calgary that the tornado looked like “just a big funnel with a lot of dirt and what seemed like farm fields’ stuff going up into the heavens.”

Some photos showed what appeared to be damaged agricultural buildings.

There were no reports of injuries.

Eyewitnesses shared pictures of the tornado on Twitter.