Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 2:22 p.m. EDT, a line of severe thunderstorms is located from Ballantrae to Newmarket then to Caledon. These severe thunderstorms are moving east at 55 km/h. Damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain are possible.

Locations and nearby areas that could be impacted include: Newmarket, Vaughan, Richmond Hill, Markham

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Local utility outages are likely. Damage to roofs, fences, soft shelters or trees is likely. Heavy rain may cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility. There is a risk of injury. Large hail may cause significant damage and injury.

Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are expected to produce damaging hail, wind or rain.

Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.