Severe thunderstorm watches, warnings issued for southern Ontario

TORONTO – Severe thunderstorm watches and warnings have been issued across southern Ontario.

Environment Canada issued a warning for:

• Bruce Peninsula – Sauble Beach – Tobermory
• Bancroft – Hastings Highlands – Denbigh
• Barrie – Collingwood – Hillsdale
• Orillia – Lagoon City – Washago
• Innisfil – New Tecumseth – Angus
• Orangeville – Grand Valley – Southern Dufferin County
• Shelburne – Mansfield – Northern Dufferin County
• Hanover – Dundalk – Southern Grey County
• Haliburton – Minden – Southern Haliburton County
• Oxtongue Lake – Fort Irwin – Northern Haliburton County
• Goderich – Bluewater – Southern Huron County
• Listowel – Milverton – Northern Perth County
• Stratford – Mitchell – Southern Perth County
• London – Parkhill – Eastern Middlesex County
• Strathroy – Komoka – Western Middlesex County
• Woodstock – Tillsonburg – Oxford County
• Apsley – Woodview – Northern Peterborough County
• Fenelon Falls – Balsam Lake Park – Northern Kawartha Lakes
• Lindsay – Southern Kawartha Lakes
• Sarnia – Petrolia – Western Lambton County
• Watford – Pinery Park – Eastern Lambton County
• Mount Forest – Arthur – Northern Wellington County

There were several reports on social media of flooding in the Ottawa area Friday afternoon.

The storms were from those that moved across southwestern Ontario early Friday afternoon.

Meanwhile, a  thunderstorm watch was issued at 12:35 p.m. for:

• Newmarket – Georgina – Northern York Region
• Uxbridge – Beaverton – Northern Durham Region
• Barrie – Collingwood – Hillsdale
• Midland – Coldwater – Orr Lake
• Orillia – Lagoon City – Washago
• Bracebridge – Gravenhurst
• Brantford – County of Brant
• Huntsville – Baysville
• Deep River – Whitney – Eastern Algonquin Park
• Western Algonquin Park – Lake of Two Rivers
• Strathroy – Komoka – Western Middlesex County
• London – Parkhill – Eastern Middlesex County
• Sarnia – Petrolia – Western Lambton County
• Watford – Pinery Park – Eastern Lambton County
• Woodstock – Tillsonburg – Oxford County
• Bancroft – Hastings Highlands – Denbigh
• Prescott and Russell
• Chatham-Kent – Rondeau Park
• Windsor – Leamington – Essex County
• Kaladar – Bannockburn – Bon Echo Park
• Ottawa North – Kanata – Orléans
• Ottawa South – Richmond – Metcalfe
• Innisfil – New Tecumseth – Angus
• Orangeville – Grand Valley – Southern Dufferin County
• Shelburne – Mansfield – Northern Dufferin County
• Bruce Peninsula – Sauble Beach – Tobermory
• Hanover – Dundalk – Southern Grey County
• Owen Sound – Blue Mountains – Northern Grey County
• Saugeen Shores – Kincardine – Southern Bruce County
• Haliburton – Minden – Southern Haliburton County
• Oxtongue Lake – Fort Irwin – Northern Haliburton County
• Goderich – Bluewater – Southern Huron County
• Listowel – Milverton – Northern Perth County
• Stratford – Mitchell – Southern Perth County
• Wingham – Blyth – Northern Huron County
• Port Carling – Port Severn
• Town of Parry Sound – Rosseau – Killbear Park
• Apsley – Woodview – Northern Peterborough County
• Fenelon Falls – Balsam Lake Park – Northern Kawartha Lakes
• Lindsay – Southern Kawartha Lakes
• Peterborough City – Lakefield – Southern Peterborough County
• Barry’s Bay – Killaloe
• Petawawa – Pembroke – Cobden
• Renfrew – Arnprior – Calabogie
• Plevna – Sharbot Lake – Western Lanark County
• Smiths Falls – Perth – Eastern Lanark County
• Guelph – Erin – Southern Wellington County
• Kitchener – Cambridge – Region of Waterloo
• Mount Forest – Arthur – Northern Wellington County

Some storms had already moved through parts of southern Ontario Friday morning. A first-year student at the University of Waterloo died after she was struck by lightning around 9 a.m.

A cold front making its way across the region could produce some severe storms Friday afternoon into the evening.

Remember to keep an eye on the sky and to take shelter indoors if threatening weather approaches.

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