Cypress Hill Provincial Park, AB F0 Tornado of June 5, 1988

Cypress Hills Provincial Park - Foremost


Figure 1 depicts the surface observations at 3:00 am MDT, which shows a low pressure system on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border.

Eight tornadoes occurred on this day, the other tornadoes were:

Figure 1. Surface analysis at 09Z on June 5, 1988 showing mean sea-level pressure (MSLP) contours, surface observations, fronts and pressure centres (WPC, 2017)

According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (2018), an F0 tornado touched down at 11:30 pm MDT in Cypress Hill Provincial Park, AB. The path and width of the tornado was not documented by ECCC.


Sources

NWS Weather Prediction Center Surface Analysis Archive. (2017). Surface analysis 09Z Sun Jun 5 1988. Retrieved from: https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/archives/web_pages/sfc/sfc_archive.php

Environment and Climate Change Canada Data. (2018). Canadian National Tornado Database: Verified Events (1980-2009) – Public. Retrieved from: http://donnees.ec.gc.ca/data/weather/products/canadian-national-tornado-database-verified-events-1980-2009-public/