Apr.30, 2017 - tstorms

[DarkSky]

A nice line of *heavy* rain going through! Torrential downpours. I was downstairs and thought it was a huge gust of WIND. When it didn't stop, I went up and it was the rain coming down on the ROOF that was making the sound. Wow.

[DarkSky]

Severe thunderstorm warnings issued for various areas, mine inlcluded:

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WUCN11 CWTO 010159
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:59 P.M. EDT SUNDAY 30 APRIL 2017.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= NIAGARA FALLS - WELLAND - SOUTHERN NIAGARA REGION
=NEW= ST. CATHARINES - GRIMSBY - NORTHERN NIAGARA REGION
DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR:
SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK.

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==DISCUSSION==

UPDATED OR ENDED BY 11:34 P.M. EDT.

AT 9:59 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND
PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WINDS OF
100 KM/H STRETCHES FROM CALEDONIA TO SELKIRK MOVING EASTWARDS AT 90
KM/H INTO THE NIAGARA PENINSULA.

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(EXCLAMATION MARK)

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.

THE OFFICE OF THE FIRE MARSHAL AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
EC.CPIO-TEMPETES-OSPC-STORMS.EC(AT)CANADA.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING
(HASH)ONSTORM.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

HTTP://WWW.EMERGENCYMANAGEMENTONTARI...EPREPARED.HTML.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

END/OSPC

[DarkSky]

WOw did we ever get dumped on with rain today!

[Stormydude]

Looks like a powerful bow echo there. Was there any strong wind at all in the storm?

[DarkSky]

Winds were actually pretty moderate. The density and intensity of the rain though, was something I hadn't seen in a loong time.