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A fast-moving thunderstorm deposited some hail and a bit of rain on it's way past the southeast.
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The southeast was shaken up by a severe thunderstorm that crawled through the area yesterday afternoon and evening, bringing a bit of dangerous weather to the area.

The first alert went out at around noon yesterday, with the storm itself hitting areas over the next several hours.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Natalie Hasell says that precipitation was limited as those storms were traveling fast along the prairies.

"Looking at the overall picture, we had a couple of storms go through the southeast, looks like they were travelling relatively quickly, and not very much precipitation was reported in the last 24 hours in those areas, I think the greatest amount in the southeastern corner is the RM of Bratt's Lake at 16.5ml. So everyone else had lesser amounts than that."

More than just rain fell from the sky, with hail reported in a few different areas, with some hefty samples.

"We did have a few hail reports that we've collected, so Caronport got quarter-sized hail, Riceton got nickel-sized hail, and Stoughton got quarter-sized hail," said Hasell. "Didn't quite make it really to Estevan, but perhaps that's a good thing."

Meanwhile, wind speeds just managed to stay out of the severe category with a few areas seeing those whip up.

"The peak wind at Bratt's Lake where we had that higher amount of precipitation was 67 kilometers an hour. Estevan looks like you guys got 70km now as your peak wind yesterday and I saw another one that looked interesting," said Hasell. "Weyburn got 76, so we're not talking about wind speeds that would be considered severe."

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