An Okotoks family had a bit of a scare over the weekend when a tornado warning was issued in areas of the Foothills including High River, Cayley and Aldersyde.

Aubri Webster was safe at home with her sister and mother when the warning went out, but her father wasn't.

"We looked at the area and realized 'oh no, that's where my dad is right now!' He was out with our horses training."

He was returning home from the Aldersyde area with a horse trailer in tow when he got the notification.

According to Aubri, he soon spotted the twister further down the road.

She says the horses weren't the only ones that were spooked.

"He was on his way home and received the notification as he was on the road and leaving and then he looks up, and about maybe half a kilometre ahead, the tornado had touched down. So he said 'Nope, I'm turning around, especially with the horses!'"

Heeding the advice of the emergency warning, he headed back to the barn and took shelter along with a few other people and the horses to wait it out.

Apart from some distressed animals, the tornado, fortunately, didn't cause any harm to Aubri's dad or the horses.

She says she's used to the odd tornado warning at this time of year, but she didn't know anyone who'd actually seen one touch down.

"It's not uncommon that you hear about these warnings and everything, 'oh it's in this area,' or 'it touched down over here in a field that no one can get to,' but that one was pretty much right on the road, where it touched down. He said it was like driving into the eye of a hurricane."

Needless to say, he got home a little later than expected.

 

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