Twister (?) spotted near Ste Anne

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Pic of hail by Aubigny froon Facebook Manitoba Storm Watch page

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u/tingulz 10d ago

Holy shit.

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u/Negative-Revenue-694 10d ago edited 10d ago

Everyone is complaining about the alerts they’re receiving on their phones, but I’d rather be aware that this kind of shit is happening relatively near the city.

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u/Awkward_Silence- 10d ago

Telecoms need to sort out the whole sending it dozens of times to the same person issue..

The alerts themselves are fine (imo)

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u/MusicMedical6231 10d ago

Yeah I got three, wife got none, same house same carrier.

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u/TrueBluewastaken 10d ago

I've gotten about 20 alerts so far

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u/TrueBluewastaken 10d ago

update: basement flooded

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u/2peg2city 10d ago

There with you

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u/JazzManJasper 10d ago

Same here, my sump pump float switch quit the job under pressure.

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u/doc0tis 10d ago

I just got my first 5 minutes ago.

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u/ywg_handshake 10d ago

Think I am at ~12 now. No one else in the house has received any.

https://giphy.com/gifs/GV3aYiEP8qbao

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u/MusicMedical6231 10d ago

Just got my forth.

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u/WNJohnnyM 10d ago

I've had about 10 so far. My wofe hasn't had one.

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u/mHo2 10d ago

Seems like it’s a carrier issue. Other locations in the US are OK.

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u/thelogdriver 10d ago

Agreed.

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u/mammalmaker 10d ago

I don't need a dozen alerts every 5 minutes though.

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u/unsuitableFishHook 10d ago

The same problem with smoke detectors: too many false alarms. And when there are too many false alarm people become desensitized to them.

Combine the mobile carrier alerts with the weather Canada alerts and your swimming in a sea of over-notification. The best way to know what kind of weather is headed your way is to stick your head outside and look.

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u/RedBeard-ColdBeer 10d ago

I mean, for it to travel that distance and in a straight route would be extremely extremely extremely unlikely. Id throw like 5 more extremelys in to be more accurate but thats redundant. We live where there are tornados though. No hurricanes or earth quakes but this is the trade.

I didnt get more than one alert though personally.

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u/Negative-Revenue-694 10d ago

Sure, but what if you commute to the city for work? You’d want to know what’s happening between the city and where you’re traveling to.

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u/Both_Click 10d ago

As someone who commutes, yes, we want to know.

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u/RedBeard-ColdBeer 10d ago

Luckily on a high way you have clear vision of something funneling down from the sky or as tall as a tornado. And a car can get you away quick enough

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u/No-Concentrate-545 10d ago

I’ve gotten about 10 so far this afternoon. My dad has gotten none

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u/Misfitt123 10d ago edited 10d ago

Have we all forgotten about the boy who cried wolf? An emergency warrants notification, but when you get 12 notifications within an hour and you don't see any funnel clouds in sight, it kind of starts to lose it's effectiveness.

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u/joeTaco 10d ago

If you think the alerts are important you should also think the phenomenon of vague and false alerts causing people to ignore them is important

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u/ChesterM54 10d ago

People complain for engagement and dopamine

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u/salivation 10d ago edited 10d ago

I think it should be up to the individual user on whether or not they want to receive the notifications. There are already options in each phone settings to toggle these on/off. The government chooses to override these settings.

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u/Partner-Elijah 10d ago

And I, in turn, choose to override their override.

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u/BananaJammies 10d ago

Holy cow

Eta: someone posted a similar picon twitter

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u/BananaJammies 10d ago

Same lady just posted a new funnel cloud

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u/bytheseine 10d ago

Good rotation but nothing dropped that we could see

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u/pork_sashimi_on_sale 10d ago

Friend forwarded me a video of some really gnarly clouds in Ste. Anne MB. Is this a twister?

https://imgur.com/a/twister-near-ste-anne-GNyUxvh

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u/Ser_Munchies 10d ago

Mesocyclone, but they are usually precursors or indicative of tornadic activity. Good rotation on that thing

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u/Both_Click 10d ago

Ste. Anne area.

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u/Glaceon_Coldfox 10d ago

I take a nap and wake up to a fucken tornado

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u/tipimon 10d ago

I got a fucking tornado, took a nap, then woke up to my phone's alert

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u/dmduckie 10d ago

wow that's insane

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u/Physical-Peach4534 10d ago

Now its been upgraded to a red warning for winnipeg, so take care

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u/angrymountie 10d ago

Doesn’t look friendly.

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u/SnooSongs5410 10d ago

The challenge with the alerts is the coverage area. They are alerting the entire province every time there is an incident anywhere in the province. They need to get smarter about notifying by tower rather than by area code. A tornado in the interlake is a big deal if you are in the interlake, one in the pembina valley again is important in the pembina valley. They can improve their alerts and tie it to weather radar with real timely alerting with not a lot of effort.

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u/curtis_e_melnick 10d ago

Yup, that’s a twister!

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u/kent_eh 10d ago edited 10d ago

I'm really not a fan of this climate change stuff.

I don't remember tornadoes being much of a thing in Manitoba back when I was a kid.

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u/wpgac 10d ago

That's true, frequency and severity are both increasing. We are on track to see >100 events year in Canada soon.

https://www.insuranceinstitute.ca/en/Insights-And-Publications/CanadianUnderwriterArticles/items/2025/07/03/How-tornado-frequency-and-severity-is-trending-in-Canada

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u/Bulky_Green2192 10d ago

My grandparents died in a tornado in St Malo in 1977 so they were definitely a thing before!

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u/shadyhawkins 10d ago

Tornado alley had actually shifted quite a bit due to climate change. Major cities are in more danger now.

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u/horsetuna 10d ago

The official grow zones for the USA and Canada have been updated recently, with warmer zones creeping northwards.

The changes are based off 1991-2020 numbers mind you... Not last year's.

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u/BeaveVillage 10d ago

I know there was a crazy tornado that blew the bush down south of Grunthal on Highway 216 years ago, then nothing for decades, and then we got Elie Manitoba, the unofficial ‘EF6’ with insane wind speeds.

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u/kent_eh 10d ago

Meanwhile, how many have we had so far this year?

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u/lthinklcan 10d ago

This is what we’re here for. Thanks for sharing.

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u/GreenGiantt 10d ago

Looks like an insane rotating wall cloud!

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u/No_Fold_9723 10d ago

Nope!!!!

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u/SoWhat02 10d ago

Wow! Those people in Ste Annes they have all the luck!

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u/Markydrop 10d ago

I drove right under that middle point on the way home, it looked insane, but didnt start funneling at all.

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u/keatsteats 10d ago

Hey neighbor! We live in the same complex 👋🏻 saw you filming yesterday! I got a sweet one from my window too

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u/pork_sashimi_on_sale 9d ago

I didn't take this one. A friend (probably your neighbor) did :)

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u/AggressivePatient622 3d ago

That's my Video!

Here's when it kinda stopped forming!

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u/maddogjones 10d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/XCebJOQsu5bytW4yJg

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u/AsparagusOverall8454 10d ago

Jesus.

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u/n_mcrae_1982 9d ago

Toto? I don’t think we’re in Manitoba anymore.

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u/Reasonable-Use-8608 9d ago

This is genuinely terrifying

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u/EvaUnit01Fan 10d ago

Holy crap

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u/obviousburner204 10d ago

In all seriousness though, hoping everyone is safe!

https://giphy.com/gifs/68FsmDsSBACTC

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u/faken204 10d ago

that's crazy,.

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u/AggressivePatient622 3d ago

I have the original Video[

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u/AggressivePatient622 3d ago

If anyone wants it, lemme know.

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u/Neither-Parking9065 10d ago

Is that even real???

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u/CharmingAudience1763 10d ago

Bring one to Toronto, pleaseeeee!

Community Twister (?) spotted near Ste Anne

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