Hail, rain, tornado watch: Southern Manitoba hammered with severe weather

If you’re in southern Manitoba, you may have noticed a lot of talk about the potential extreme weather Wednesday afternoon and early evening.

Several tornado warnings were issued, and although none touched down, Environment and Climate Change Canada says there were reports of funnel clouds near Dugald and Oakbank, as well as some on the north side of Winnipeg.

Meteorologist Robyn Dyck of Environment and Climate Change Canada told 680 CJOB’s The Start that officials will be looking into tornado reports throughout the day Thursday.

And while the tornado threat didn’t materialize, parts of the region did get hammered with hail.

“We did get some pretty large hail reports — up to golf ball (size) in St. Andrew’s, quarters to loonies in Steinbach, golf balls as well in Gunton, Stonewall g