UPDATE: Environment Canada ends tornado warning for Niagara ...

WEATHER ALERT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ************************* UPDATE 2:

Issued at 2024-09-09 4:37 p.m. EDT by Environment Canada:

Tornado warning ended for:    Niagara Falls - Welland - Southern Niagara Region

Issued at 2024-09-09 4:21 p.m. EDT by Environment Canada:

Tornado warning ended for:    St. Catharines - Grimsby - Northern Niagara Region

Current details: Tornadoes are no longer expected in the region.

UPDATE 1:

Issued at 2024-09-09 4:18 p.m. EDT by Environment Canada:Tornado warning replaces severe thunderstorm warning for:    St. Catharines - Grimsby - Northern Niagara Region    Niagara Falls - Welland - Southern Niagara Region

Current details: At 4:18 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible.

This is a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation.

Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches. If you hear a roaring sound or see a funnel cloud, swirling debris near the ground, flying debris, or any threatening weather approaching, take shelter immediately.

Go indoors to a room on the lowest floor, away from outside walls and windows, such as a basement, bathroom, stairwell or interior closet. Leave mobile homes, vehicles, tents, trailers and other temporary or free-standing shelter, and move to a strong building if you can. As a last resort, lie in a low spot and protect your head from flying debris.

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.

Tornado warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing tornadoes.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

EARLIER RELEASE:

Issued at 2024-09-09 4:05 p.m. EDT by Environment Canada:Severe thunderstorm warning issued for:    St. Catharines - Grimsby - Northern Niagara Region    Niagara Falls - Welland - Southern Niagara Region

Current details: At 4:04 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts.

This severe thunderstorm is located near Fonthill, moving southeast at 50 km/h.

Hazard: 90 km/h wind gusts.

Locations impacted include: Fort Erie, Welland, Fonthill, Crystal Beach and Stevensville.

Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles.

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 warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing 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 in Ontario, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.

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