After intense storms across the province last week, Environment Canada was able to confirm that one of those storms produced a tornado.

The twister touched down in the Buffer Lake area, northeast of Saskatoon, on Aug. 20.

Environment Canada meteorologist, Crawford Luke, said the tornado was rated as an F0.

“(It had) estimated maximum winds of 105 kilometres per hour,” he said. “Some damage was discovered to trees and a grain bin in that area.”

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On top of the tornado, he said there were also two windstorms, both north of Warman.

“Gruenthal and Mennon both had t

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