TIMELAPSE: Thunderstorm sweeps through Winnipeg Wednesday afternoon
WINNIPEG — The city was hit by a severe thunderstorm system late Wednesday afternoon.
Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch just before 3 p.m. saying conditions were favourable for a severe thunderstorm to develop. Environment Canada warned that the storm could bring severe wind gusts, hail and torrential rainfall.
The watch was ended at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday after an intense system swept through Winnipeg.
Isolated thunderstorms earlier this afternoon produced nickel-sized hail near Amaranth, Manitoba.
The image below shows the amount of lightning strikes across Canada Wednesday afternoon. The red dots indicate where lightning made contact with the ground. A large red cluster covers southern Manitoba and parts of Ontario near the Manitoba border.
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