Update at 10:41 PM EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of dangerous thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts and heavy rain.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 8 kilometres north of Lighthouse Cove to LaSalle, moving east at 95 km/h.
Hazard: 110 km/h wind gusts and torrential rainfall. Local amounts near 50 mm are possible. A tornado is also possible.
Locations impacted include:
Wheatley Provincial Park, Rondeau Provincial Park, Elmdale, Wheatley, Port Alma, Merlin, North Buxton, Dealtown and Erieau.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
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.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.
To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
Update: 10:25 PM EDT Thursday 24 August 2023
At 10:25 PM EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing damaging wind gusts and heavy rain.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 50 kilometres northwest of Windsor to 45 kilometres west of Windsor to 80 kilometres west of LaSalle, moving east at 90 km/h.
Hazard: 110 km/h wind gusts and torrential rainfall. Local amounts near 50 mm possible. A tornado is also possible.
Severe thunderstorms will be near:
Windsor around 10:35 PM EDT.
Locations impacted include:
Windsor, Leamington, Chatham, Amherstburg, Tecumseh, Kingsville, Belle River, Lakeshore, Point Pelee National Park, Wheatley Provincial Park, Tilbury, Wallaceburg, LaSalle, South Windsor, McGregor, Windsor Airport, Colchester, Harrow, Maidstone and Essex.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
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.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.
To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
Update: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued in Chatham-Kent.
Details, below from Environment Canada:
At 10:16 PM EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a dangerous thunderstorm capable of producing damaging wind gusts and heavy rain.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from 80 kilometres northwest of Windsor to 70 kilometres northwest of Windsor to 95 kilometres west of LaSalle, moving east at 90 km/h.
Hazard: 110 km/h wind gusts and torrential rainfall. Local amounts near 50 mm are possible. A tornado is also possible.
Severe thunderstorms will be near:
Windsor around 10:55 PM EDT.
Locations impacted include:
Windsor, Leamington, Amherstburg, Tecumseh, Kingsville, Belle River, Lakeshore, LaSalle, South Windsor, McGregor, Windsor Airport, Colchester, Harrow, Maidstone, Essex, Cottam, Pelee Island, Stoney Point, Comber and Walpole Island.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
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.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.
To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch at 7:23 p.m., as conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing damaging wind gusts, large hail and torrential rain.
Forecasters say hazards include:
– Damaging wind gusts of 100 to 120 km/h.
– Torrential rainfall producing local amounts of 50 to 75 mm over just a few hours.
– Nickel to ping pong ball size hail.
– Risk of tornadoes.
The timing is this evening into the early overnight.
“Thunderstorms developing over Lower Michigan will track into southwestern Ontario this evening,” Environment Canada officials say.
“The primary threats will be damaging wind gusts and torrential rainfall, followed by large hail. Saturated ground may result in an increased likelihood of downed trees in the event of damaging winds. A tornado threat cannot be ruled out this evening.”
Forecasters added fast-moving water across a road can sweep a vehicle away.
“Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road,” Environment Canada officials say.
“Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors. Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.”
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.
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: ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
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