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Loudmouth
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Tornado
8/7/2020 at 8:10 PM

South of Virden!! Manitoba Storm Chasers are live!!!
Be careful folks!
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Tornado
8/7/2020 at 8:25 PM

Thinking of everyone in that area, it looks like a serious storm. A video just posted:
Big tornado #mbstorm @RadarOmega_WX @PrairieChasers pic.twitter.com/YKppUL9AOA
— Sean Schofer (@SeanSchofer) August 8, 2020
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Storm
8/7/2020 at 8:40 PM

A video at the scene of the tornado from approx a half hour ago (8:07pm):
Incredible tornado south of Virden, MB #mbstorm @MyRadarWX @MisheylaIwasiuk pic.twitter.com/X9gMUO60vT
— Aaron Jayjack (@aaronjayjack) August 8, 2020
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Storm clouds
8/7/2020 at 8:42 PM

This was what some of the cloud development to the West it looked like from Brandon just before 7:30pm...

Edited by Adam, 2020-08-07 20:43:52
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Storm watches/warnings
8/7/2020 at 9:07 PM

Tornado warnings are all now dropped. Some severe storm warnings in effect for areas a little further North... Sandy Lake, Onanole, RMNP.
Brandon is under a severe storm watch.
RyanW2008
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Oak lake area as well?
8/7/2020 at 9:11 PM

It appears that there was one north of oak lake as well? Seen a couple pictures on Facebook from oak lake area with a Tornado to the northish.
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STARS
8/7/2020 at 10:01 PM

Stars was dispatched to the Virden area:
STAR 7 (Winnipeg) has been dispatched for a Scene Call Emergency in the Virden, MB area.
— STARS air ambulance (@STARSambulance) August 8, 2020
JustOneMoreDay
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CBC
8/8/2020 at 12:37 PM

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/virden-manitoba-tornado-saturday-1.5679429

My condolences to the family and friends of these young victims.
cheeseburgermonster
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cheeseburgermonster
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This
8/8/2020 at 10:45 PM

is so sad. It's weird how we get so many nasty storms and tornado watches. Prayers and hug thoughts to the families and storm chasers be careful....

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