WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm warning continued for:
Newmarket - Georgina - Northern York Region, Ont. (043220)
Severe thunderstorm warning ended for:
Vaughan - Richmond Hill - Markham, Ont. (043240)
Current details:
At 1:57 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from Aurora to Whitchurch-Stouffville to Pickering, moving northeast at 45 km/h.
Hazards:
Up to 90 km/h wind gusts.
Torrential downpours with hourly rainfall rates up to 50 mm per hour.
Locations impacted include:
Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham, King City, Aurora, Downtown Toronto, Woodbridge, Etobicoke, North York, Scarborough, Meadowvale, Wildfield, East Brampton, Streetsville, Britannia, Nobleton and Malton.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Intense lightning is likely with any thunderstorm that develops. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.
Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches. 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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