A large thunderstorm rolled through the Rock Lake region Friday and caused significant damage to the area.

"Friday night there was a lot of wind, followed by hail, and just an amazing amount of rain that came after it," said Rock Lake Ministries Director of Operations Tyler Amell. "Tree limbs were falling almost everywhere, you could see them, and the clean up has been happening ever since then."

Amell stated the hail wasn't large, but there was a lot of it, and it kind of felt like a slush was on the ground during the storm.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Terri Lang stated their investigation of the storm indicates it was likely straight line winds that caused the majority of the damage. Lang noted through pictures, radar images and by talking to people on the ground it was determined there probably wasn't a tornado, but the winds were clocked around 150km/h.

Lang added this type of storm can be long lived, slow moving and travel long distances. For instance, Lang explained this storm, which hit on Friday, originally formed in Alberta and made its way across the Prairies.

According to Amell they had a small group come and help clean up on Saturday, and they've been working on cleaning everything ever since.

"I just see it as God was doing some pruning. It's easy to cut trees off the ground than it is to cut them down," said Amell.