The Energy City was blasted by a powerful late spring storm on Thursday afternoon.

The storm brought powerful winds, heavy rains and large hail to the Energy City. Much of Estevan was coated in white from the hail.

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A thunderstorm rumbled through Estevan earlier in the day, bringing some rain to the city. A tornado watch was issued at 10:31 a.m.

A severe thunderstorm warning came at 3:03 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, A tornado warning was issued at 3:46 p.m., and it remained in effect for 26 minutes.

The tornado watch ended at 5:02 p.m.

The storm uprooted trees and left some roads under water. Widespread power outages have occurred in the southeast due to the storm.

Jonathan Tremblay with SaskPower said the heavy rain and hail have tripped off all of Boundary Dam Power Station and transmission lines in the southeast.

"We're working to pump flood water out of Boundary and assess damage to lines. We are attempting to reroute power where we can and import from Manitoba Hydro as much as possible," he wrote.

SaskPower does not have an estimated time of power restoration.

The Mercury will have more on this story as details become available.