Tornado touches down near Three Hills

There were some tense moments Friday afternoon after a tornado touched down southeast of Red Deer.

Environment Canada issued a Tornado Alert for Kneehill County and Starland County at 5 p.m. after a twister was spotted near Three Hills.

The tornado was moving east at 50 km/h. 

The alert was ended about 30 minutes later. No one was injured.

Brittanny Cawiezel, who works at the Trochu Golf and Country Club, says she heard a barn roof got ripped off and a few trees were down.

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She says she hasn’t heard any reports of injuries or major damage.

“It was right over the clubhouse, it was freaky,” Cawiezel said.

“It started to hail a little, and the wind really picked up, but that’s expected with a tornado.”

An assessment of the size of the tornado and the damage it caused will be done over the weekend.

(With file from The Canadian Press)