Active Alerts La Baleine, QC

Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

This morning and this afternoon, conditions will be favourable for the development of dangerous thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.

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Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Very strong wind gusts can damage buildings, down trees and blow large vehicles off the road. Remember, severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes. Water-related activities may be unsafe due to violent and sudden gusts of wind over bodies of water.

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce 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, send an email to QCstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #QCStorm.