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Landspout tornado touches down near Lomond, Alta.

The agency says this was considered a landspout tornado generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms. The agency says this was considered a landspout tornado generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms.
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Environment Canada has given a tornado that happened Sunday night near Lomond, Alta., a preliminary rating of EF0, at the bottom of the scale.

It happened around 7 p.m., about 175 kilometres southeast of Calgary.

Several people captured images of the funnel.

Environment Canada says there are no reports of damage.

The agency says this was considered a landspout tornado generated by weak rotation under rapidly growing clouds or weak thunderstorms.

Landspout tornadoes do not usually cause significant damage but can topple trees, damage roofs or toss debris a short distance.

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