Environment Canada issues severe thunderstorm watch; risk of a tornado

WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm watch issued for:
   Stratford - Mitchell - Southern Perth County, Ont. 
   Kitchener - Cambridge - Region of Waterloo, Ont. 
   Niagara, Ont. 

Current details:
Severe thunderstorms likely today.

Hazards:
Wind gusts up to 100 km/h possible.
Torrential rain.
Risk of a tornado.

Timing:
This afternoon and this evening.

Discussion:
Thunderstorms this afternoon have the potential to quickly become severe and generally track eastward. Thunderstorms are generally expected to be isolated early this afternoon, however, a organized line of thunderstorms may develop later this afternoon.

Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road.

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 [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.

The latest status and details on all alerts, including alerts that are not part of your subscription, can be found here: https://weather.gc.ca/index_e.html?layers=alert

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