Update at 10:42 p.m. –Â The severe thunderstorm warning has ended for Chatham-Kent. The thunderstorm watch and special weather statement remain in place.
Update at 10:03 p.m. – Thunderstorms extending from London to near Chatham will move southeast to reach the Lake Erie Shore near 11.00 PM.
2 to 4 cm hail is possible with these thunderstorms.
Communities in the path include London, Chatham, St Thomas and Port Stanley.
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!
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 ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Update at 9:53 p.m. – Environment Canada have now issued a severe thunderstorm warning in Chatham-Kent. Meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain.
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!
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 ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Wallaceburg quarter size hail maybe half dollars 942pm #onstorm pic.twitter.com/QNUeN8ULY7
— Mike (@205mph) April 8, 2020
🎶 Hail, hail the lucky ones 🎶 #Wallaceburg #onstorm @environmentca pic.twitter.com/ZTMk0GeiCj
— Aaron__Hall (@Aaron__Hall) April 8, 2020
South of Wallaceburg pic.twitter.com/sVwcKYKzQF
— Daniel Van De Velde (@VanDeVelde_Ag) April 8, 2020
Update at 9:12 p.m. – Environment Canada has now issued a severe thunderstorm watch across Chatham-Kent. We’ll provide more details as they become available. This story will be updated. Here are the current details:
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing large hail.
Thunderstorms moving in from Southern Lower Michigan may bring 2 cm hail to the region this evening.
Frequent lightning, wind gusts to 70 km/h and sudden very heavy downpours are also likely.
Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Locally heavy rain is also possible. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
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 ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Original story: Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement in Chatham-Kent, as thunderstorms with frequent lightning and small hail are expected this evening.
“Thunderstorms extending from Southern Lake Huron well into Southern Lower Michigan will move across Southwestern Ontario this evening,” forecasters say.
“These thunderstorms may bring pea to marble size hail, wind gusts to 70 km/h, and frequent lightning.”
Motorists should be prepared for sudden very low visibility in heavy downpours which may give a quick 10 to 20 mm of rain in under an hour, Environment Canada officials stated.
“The thunderstorms will move to the southeast of the area around midnight.”
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.
To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
