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Written by TVN Admin   
Thursday, 19 July 2007 21:23

Severe thunderstorms are continuing in central and eastern Alberta, but Edmonton and Calgary have been spared today.  A dryline/Pacific cold front swept east of the Foothills today, with storms developing from southeast AB NNW to east of Edmonton, and also west and northwest of Edmonton.  Several of the storms exhibited classic supercell structure, but were mainly in remote areas where reports were lacking.  However, the storms in southeast AB and also west and northwest of Edmonton easily could have produced tornadoes.  Thankfully, the major urban corridor was spared today, and the extreme shear and instability for the most part was not realized as a dryline/front pushed well east of the foothills.  Displayed above is the radar as of 9:10 MDT, showing the weakening severe storms as they move into extreme western SK.  Here is a graphical summary of the warnings as of 9:00 pm MDT:
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