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Large hail, high winds hit Kindersley, Sask.

People in the Kindersley area are cleaning up today after their community was hit by hail that was golf-ball sized or even bigger.

Collapsed roof at swimming pool at Canalta Hotel

Golf-ball-sized hail was reported by several people in Kindersley, Sask., about 200 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon. The storm hit July 3 at around 9 p.m. CST. (Dwane Burke/Twitter)

People in the Kindersley, Sask., area are cleaning up today after their community was hit by hail that was golf-ball sized or even bigger.

Heavy rain and high winds were also being reported in the town and in surrounding west-central communities, including Glidden and Eston. Kindersley isabout 200 kilometres southwest of Saskatoon.

Among the damage wasa collapsed roof over the swimming pool at Kindersley'sCanalta Hotel.

The roof at the pool at the Canalta Hotel caved in Sunday night after a severe weather system blew through the town. (Garrett Huard/Twitter)

"We had reports of baseball-sized hail. That was actually from just outside of town, but I'm sure they got some pretty large hail inside the community itself also," Environment Canada meteorologist Dan Fulton said.

There were no tornadoes reported, but the straight-line winds were clocked at 95 kilometres an hour at the Kindersley airport.

That has left a number of buildings with damage, as well as many tree limbs to clean up.

Some people in the community of Smiley were reporting baseball-sized hail.

More thunderstorms were moving through the province Monday morning, but according to Environment Canada, the worst of the system was moving into Manitoba.

Winds cause damage in Spiritwood

Winds of more than 80 km/h took down this sign in Spiritwood. (Submitted by Amanda Peters)

The town of Spiritwood is busy cleaning up today.Winds of up to 83 kilometres per hour whipped through the community on Sunday.The wind even blew down one of the 'Welcome toSpiritwood' signs.

"Some people lost some shingles and there's quite a few trees down around town. Our public works staff have been working all morning and all afternoon now just removing tree branches from the streets," saidAmanda Peters,the town's assistant chief administrative officer.

"I spoke with one of our public works employees who has lived here 30years and he said that it is the worst storm he has ever witnessed," Peters said.

"The storm lasted close to onehour with lightning, thunder, wind gusts and sheets of rain," said Peters.

Which way to The Battlefords? This sign took the brunt of wind gusts on Sunday near Spiritwood. (Submitted by Amanda Peters)

The storm also knocked out the power which affected the town's water treatment system, promptinga boil water advisoryto be issued in the community.Peters saidsamples must be cleared by the Water Security Agency before the advisory is lifted, which she said couldhappen by Friday at the latest.