Burlington, Ontario, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

Squalls with wind gusts up to 45 knots, frequent lightning and hail up to 3 centimetres are expected or occurring in the area.

A strong thunderstorm in Oshawa tracking southeast will cross the eastern portion of the lake in the next hour.

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Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. For more information monitor Canadian Coast Guard radio or Weatheradio stations.

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

Hazards:
Wind gusts up to 90 km/h.
Quarter size hail.
Heavy rainfall.

Timing:
This afternoon.

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Local utility outages are possible.

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 ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on social media using #ONStorm.

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