Severe thunderstorm watch ends in Chatham-Kent

Update #1 – The thunderstorm watch has ended.

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch in Chatham-Kent at 12:29 p.m. on Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Here are the details:

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts up to 100 km/h, large hail up to 2 cm in diameter and heavy rainfall of 50 mm within an hour.

These thunderstorms are expected late this afternoon into this evening.

Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce 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 ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.

This story will be updated.

- Advertisment -