An evening storm that ripped through the community on Friday evening has caused some damage along St. Clair Clair Parkway near Port Lambton.
Local resident Travis Hooper captured these photos, including trees uprooted and knocked over, all along the road which runs along the St. Clair River:
Hooper said St. Clair Parkway is blocked at Brander Park.
Mark Robinson, a meteorologist with The Weather Network, said some funnels were spotted in the “dangerous storm” as he watched it from the Chatham area.
Check out his tweets:
The wind turbines are doing 180's in response to the outflow from the storm. Neat! #ONstorm @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/YU1ZJ3zsaF
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) 7 July 2017
Following the storm as it goes south of Chatham. #ONstorm @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/FVzf9FRiGT
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) 7 July 2017
Big beautiful shelf on this as it moves through Chatham. #ONstorm @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/l8AbWLtxRY
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) 7 July 2017
Impressive and dangerous storm heading directly for Chatham, ON. Take cover now! #ONstorm @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/ewe2ryyg7F
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) 7 July 2017
Near Chatham, rotating storm. #ONstorm @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/yXK3BMoHn7
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) 7 July 2017
A severe thunderstorm warning is in place, here is the latest from Environment Canada:
At 6:54 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain.
These thunderstorms are moving southeast 50 km/h.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.
The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.cpio-tempetes-ospc-storms.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
Watch for more on this story.
– Photo credit: Travis Hooper
