Experts confirm Saskatchewan's first tornado of 2026
No damage was reported from the tornado, which was captured on camera south of Disley, Sask. on May 22.
Only two weeks after Canada saw its first confirmed tornado of 2026 in Lucan, Ont., Saskatchewan has now joined the list of confirmed tornadoes for this season.
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Experts at the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) out of Western University confirmed on Saturday that an EF0 landspout tornado occurred near Disley, Sask., on Friday, May 22.
Landspout tornadoes, unlike regular tornadoes, do not form from supercell thunderstorms; they form under regular cumuliform clouds. While landspouts are considered to be weaker than regular tornadoes, they can be just as dangerous and still cause significant damage.
The Disley landspout was captured on camera by witnesses, which helped the NTP to confirm its occurrence. Luckily, no damage was reported. This twister was associated with an upper trough draped across southern Saskatchewan on Friday, where there was very little wind shear and slow storm motion in place. Air converging at the storm's boundaries, paired with rapidly rising cumulus clouds, likely helped to stretch and spin the air column vertically.
While this is Saskatchewan's first tornado of the year, this is far from the first for the Prairies as a whole. On May 17 and 18, Alberta saw a confirmed seven landspout tornadoes.
So far, though, Manitoba has been twister-free.
Saturday's confirmation now brings Canada's tornado tally for 2026 up to nine.
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