Orange Watch - Severe Thunderstorm

Conditions are favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, damaging hail and heavy rain.

A trough of low pressure moving across southern Manitoba this evening may cause severe thunderstorms to develop.

What: wind gusts up to 110 km/h. Up to ping pong sized hail. Locally heavy rain.

Additional information: a isolated tornado threat is also possible with any storm that develops.

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Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging hail, wind or rain.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to MBstorm@ec.gc.ca, call 1-800-239-0484 or post reports on social media using #MBStorm.