Ottawa·Updated
Environment Canada says severe thunderstorms may develop over the Ottawa-Gatineau region late Thursday morning and afternoon and some of those storms may produce tornadoes.
Environment Canada says severe thunderstorms may develop over the Ottawa-Gatineau region late Thursday morning and afternoon and some of those storms may produce tornadoes.
It has issued tornado watches for an area from Renfrew to the Quebec border and from Maniwaki through Ottawa-Gatineau to Kingston until late afternoon.
North of Gatineau, it’s expected to last until the evening.
The rest of western Quebec has a severe thunderstorm watch about storms that could bring hail, heavy rain and strong winds this afternoon and evening.
Areas west of the watch such as Pembroke and Bancroft have a special weather statement about heavy rains that could drop at least 30 millimetres by this evening.
A severe thunderstorm warning for the Kingston area has ended.
Tornado watches mean forecasters see weather conditions that could produce a tornado.
Tornado warnings mean a tornado has been reported or there’s solid evidence a tornado is imminent.
Under a warning, advice includes going indoors to a strong building on its lowest floor possible away from outside walls.
