A big summer storm lit up the sky over Winnipeg and dropped sizable hail across western Manitoba.
The storm Monday brought hail bigger than loonies to the town of Alexander, west of Brandon.
Alexander resident David Mathews says it came in two batches half an hour apart.
“Thankfully it was short-lived, so there was not much damage. I haven’t heard of any damage, actually,” Matthews told CJOB’s Hal Anderson. “My van was parked under a tree, which helped.”
He says he was inside reading a book when he heard the hail. He thought someone was throwing stones at his window.
Alexander wasn’t the only town hit with big hail.
Here are the other locations that experienced severe weather according to Environment Canada’s summary.
Hail size & time:
- Mendora: 64mm (tennis ball) at 9:20 p.g.
- Alexander: 50 mm (hen egg) at 9:25 p.m.
- Alexander: 35mm (walnut) at 10:00 p.m.
- Treherne: 40mm (ping pong ball) at 12:25 a.m.
- Carman: 28mm (toonie) at 3:50 a.m.
- St. Adolphe: 45mm (golf ball) 4:50 a.m.
Summary of rainfall and amount:
- Winnipeg airport: 5.4 mm
- St. Norbert: 11.2 mm
- Woodlands: 9.4 mm
- Portage la Prairie: 13.3 mm
- Cypress RIver: 17.3 mm
- Pinawa: 5.6 mm
The rainfall for many areas was quite intense however, because the storms were moving quickly rainfall amounts were relatively small.
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