WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for:
Listowel - Milverton - Northern Perth County, Ont. (046320)
Kitchener - Cambridge - Region of Waterloo, Ont. (046430)
Severe thunderstorm warning continued for:
Stratford - Mitchell - Southern Perth County, Ont. (046340)
Current details:
At 9:39 p.m. EST, 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 10 kilometres northeast of Mitchell to 8 kilometres west of Ilderton to Newbury, moving east at 80 km/h.
Hazard: 90 km/h wind gusts. A tornado is also possible.
Locations impacted include:
London, St. Thomas, Stratford, Strathroy, Lucan, Mitchell, St. Marys, Tavistock, New Hamburg, Melbourne, Mount Brydges, Komoka, Komoka Provincial Park, Ilderton, Shedden, Belmont, Dorchester, Milverton and Wellesley.
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!
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 [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
More details on the alert are available here.
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