I was in Drumheller with my foster family to see the dinosaur museum when the tornado hit. It was hot as hell, with temps probably in the mid-30s in the Badlands and sunny at the time, but I did see large thunderheads to the northwest. No severe weather ever occured in the Drumheller area, and it was a lot cooler the next day with partly cloudy skies.
None of us were even aware that the tornado happened until we returned to our motel by around 4:00 pm. The motel's receptionist, knowing we were from the Edmonton area, told us to check out the news ASAP.
My foster family lived on an acreage near Ardrossan, so of course there was no damage. But the neighbours did tell me that there were "wild clouds" and "action in the skies" during the time of the tornado. Since Ardrossan is a little far to the east, they weren't aware that there was a twister until they heard the news.
A few days before the tornado, I remember seeing a huge and unusual shelf/roll cloud go overhead, and that it also went over Edmonton. It was quite thick and had a striated and smooth sculpted look to it. The sculpted appearance was likely because of strong winds aloft, although it was pretty calm on the ground at the time.
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