Update: All warnings and watches have ended.
Update: At 7:00 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 35 kilometres northwest of Point Edward to 35 kilometres southwest of Amherstburg, moving east at 100 km/h.
Hazard: 100 km/h wind gusts.
Locations impacted include:
Forest, Grand Bend, Parkhill, Strathroy, Exeter, Watford, Lambton Shores, The Pinery Provincial Park, Kettle Point, Inwood, Ipperwash Beach, Warwick, Port Franks, Alvinston, Thedford, Arkona, Newbury, Wardsville, Kerwood and Sable.
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@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
Update: From Mark Robinson at The Weather Network:
Very much a supercell north of Thamesville now. @weathernetwork #onstorm pic.twitter.com/AzOVtrV0IZ
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) August 29, 2022
Update: At 6:40 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts and pea to dime size hail.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 45 kilometres northwest of Point Edward to 8 kilometres southwest of Amherstburg, moving east at 100 km/h.
Hazard: 110 km/h wind gusts and pea to dime size hail. A tornado is also possible.
Locations impacted include:
Windsor, Leamington, Sarnia, Chatham, Amherstburg, Petrolia, Forest, Tecumseh, Kingsville, Belle River, Lakeshore, Point Pelee National Park, Wheatley Provincial Park, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Oil Springs, Blenheim, Watford, Lambton Shores and The Pinery Provincial Park.
Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. 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@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Update: At 6:23 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts and pea to dime size hail.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 45 kilometres northwest of Point Edward to 8 kilometres southwest of Amherstburg, moving east at 100 km/h.
Hazard: 110 km/h wind gusts and pea to dime size hail.
Locations impacted include:
Windsor, Leamington, Sarnia, Chatham, Amherstburg, Petrolia, Forest, Tecumseh, Kingsville, Belle River, Lakeshore, Point Pelee National Park, Wheatley Provincial Park, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, Oil Springs, Blenheim, Watford, Lambton Shores and The Pinery Provincial Park.
Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. 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@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Environment Canada issued a thunderstorm warning in Chatham-Kent at 5:44 p.m. Here are the details:
At 5:44 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts and pea to dime size hail.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 90 kilometres west of Corunna to 70 kilometres west of Amherstburg, moving east at 100 km/h.
Hazard: 100 km/h wind gusts and pea to dime size hail.
Locations impacted include:
Windsor, Sarnia, Amherstburg, Tecumseh, Kingsville, Belle River, Lakeshore, LaSalle, South Windsor, McGregor, Windsor Airport, Colchester, Harrow, Maidstone, Essex, Cottam, Walpole Island, Port Lambton, Sombra and Courtright.
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@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch across Chatham-Kent at 4:19 p.m. Here are the details:
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts.
Hazards:
Wind gusts of 90 to 110 km/h.
Timing:
This evening.
Discussion:
A line of thunderstorms approaching from Michigan will move in early this evening. Thunderstorms are expected to gradually weaken as the line moves eastward through the evening.
Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. 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@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: http://www.emergencymanagementontario.ca/english/beprepared/beprepared.html.
This story will be updated.
