Rolling Hills (Rural Roots Canada) – A rare, spring twister was spotted in Rolling Hills, Alberta.

The twister was caught on video by Stephen Lester, a farmer in the Southern Alberta hamlet.

“It was slow-moving,” says Lester. “Nothing like walking out the shop door and seeing something like this.”

Hayden Lester also witnessed the twister.

“The wind was blowing super strong,” she says. “I kept thinking, ‘it’s only April, what is going on?’ There was lightning and thunder, adding to the ambience of it all, which made it seem like something out of a movie.”

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Rural Roots Canada Meteorologist David Spence says the Rolling Hills twister has been classified as a landspout tornado. “It’s a type of tornado that spins up from the ground, rather than descending from a thunderstorm,” Spence explains.

While rare, Spence says spring tornadoes are not unheard of in Alberta at this time of year.

“Last year’s first tornado happened on April 30 near Airdrie, Alberta,” he notes. “The year before, there was an early, pre-season tornado on May 11. Tornado season on the Canadian Prairie peaks from June to August.”

In a release, Environment Canada confirmed the landspout tornado, rating it an EF0, the lowest classification. Tornadoes are classified according to the damage they cause. In this instance, there were no reports of damage to persons or property.

Video Courtesy: Hayden Lester