Severe thunderstorm warning ends for Ottawa
Posted Jul 28, 2023 03:07:14 PM.
Last Updated Jul 28, 2023 06:38:21 PM.
Environment Canada’s severe thunderstorm warning for Ottawa has ended.
The advisory came just before 2:45 p.m. this afternoon.
It is one of two advisories the weather agency issued today as the capital remains under a severe thunderstorm watch.
“At 2:44 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain,” Environment Canada said in its latest statement. “This severe thunderstorm is located seven kilometres east of Norway Bay, moving east at 60 km/h.”
Environment Canada said the weather conditions are able to produce wind gusts up to 90 km/h.
Locations impacted include: Ottawa, Gatineau, Fitzroy Provincial Park, Constance Bay and Dunrobin.
The weather agency said the capital is expected to receive anywhere between 30 millimetres (mm) to 50 mm of rain this afternoon and into this evening.
