Saturday started off as a hot and sunny summer day in Saskatoon and central Saskatchewan but that quickly changed in the late afternoon when storms brought rain, lightning and hail.

Eric Dykes, a meteorologist with Environment Canada breaks down what communities saw the largest hail.

“The largest hail that we saw was in Barrier Lake, which I believe is east of Saskatoon where there was tennis ball sized hail that actually cracked windshields at around 5:55 last night (sat). Otherwise, most other hail was smaller but still quite large, toonie sized hail in Warman, north of town around 5:02.”

There were also reports of toonie sized in Burgis at 8:55.

The same system also brought some active weather to the Edmonton area last night (sat) with the Saskatchewan Roughriders – Edmonton Elks game being delayed for a brief period due to lightning in the area.

Below is the weather summary from Environment Canada:

Severe thunderstorms developed over central Saskatchewan on the
afternoon of August 13 and persisted through the evening hours. The
following is a summary of severe weather reports received by
Environment and Climate Change Canada as of 8:00 AM CST.

Hail Size Reports:

Barrier Lake: Tennis ball (6.0 cm)
Burgis: Toonie (2.9 cm)
Warman: Toonie (2.9 cm)
Borden: Loonie (2.7 cm)
Macdowall: Loonie (2.7 cm)
Hanley: Loonie (2.7 cm)
South Star: Loonie (2.7 cm)
Hague: Quarter (2.4 cm)
Govan: Quarter (2.4 cm)
Nokomis: Quarter (2.4 cm)
Gruenthal: Quarter (2.4 cm)
Kipabiskan: Quarter (2.4 cm)
Melfort: Quarter (2.4 cm)

Damage Reports:

Barrier Lake: Reports of cracked windshields due to hail
Gruenthal: Reports of flooded roads
Vonda: Reports of an uprooted tree that fell onto and damaged a car
Wadena: Reports of downed trees, power lines and toppled grain bins

Please note that this summary may contain preliminary or unofficial
information and does not constitute a complete or final report.