Moose Jaw residents were treated to a high-powered thunderstorm on Friday that saw torrential rainfall that flooded streets in minutes, popped off manhole covers, and lightning episodes seen from miles away.  

Though the storm was very prevalent within the city, the storm mostly missed Environment Canada’s weather station, which is located at CFB Moose Jaw, but still recorded some data  

“5.1 millimetres at the station and a wind gust of 54 km/h, which we can get on any given day, so it definitely missed the station – that's the nature of these thunderstorms,” says Terri Lang, an Environment Canada Meteorologist.  

In minutes, numerous streets within the city were underwater, for example, the intersection of 1st Ave NW and Caribou St W was submerged.   

Though Environment Canada didn’t receive much in terms of data, Weather Underground – a private weather information site was able to record much of the storm. They have a community weather station in Moose Jaw (Corner of 6th Ave SW and Hochelaga St W) and recorded 14 mm of precipitation on Friday night.  

The rain didn’t stop on Friday, it continued throughout much of the weekend, with more precipitation falling on Sunday.  

“On Saturday, August 27th you got 0.2 mm, and on August 28th you got 12.6 mm,” adds Lang.  

The 17.9 mm Moose Jaw received over the weekend puts the monthly total at 26.3, which will be way below the 39.1 average for August.  

The rain has been pushed out by hot weather that is going to stick around for the majority of the week.  

“A big ridge of high pressure building in, and when we have a big upper ridge of high-pressure building in that usually brings the heat across most of western Canada, we do expect some heat moving in. We are expecting highs in the low to mid-30s.” 

With temperatures rising this week, Lang does expect Heat Warnings to be issued by Wednesday or Thursday.  

Heat warnings are issued when very high temperature or humidity conditions are expected to pose an elevated risk of heat illnesses, such as heat stroke or heat exhaustion. 

Below is a photo gallery of submitted photos of Friday's storm.