Orange Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 4:37 p.m. EDT, a line of dangerous thunderstorms is located from Willowood to Essex then to Walpole Island. These dangerous thunderstorms are moving quickly to the east at 80 km/h. Damaging wind gusts, up to quarter size hail and heavy rain are possible.

Locations and nearby areas that could be impacted include: Chatham, Chatham-Kent, Leamington, Point Pelee National Park of Canada

There is also a risk of tornadoes.

###

Utility outages are likely. Significant damage to buildings and/or trees is likely. Heavy rain will likely cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility.

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