Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the city of Edmonton late Monday night. It was dropped early Tuesday morning.
The warning came after the city had already been under a severe thunderstorm watch for most of the day and as other warnings and watches had been issued in parts of central and northern Alberta.
Shortly after 11 p.m., EPCOR reported several power outages in the city. For a complete list of power outages in Edmonton, click here.
Environment Canada said its meteorologists were tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts, toonie-sized hail and heavy rain.
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The weather agency issues severe thunderstorm warnings when “imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing” large hail, powerful wind gusts and torrential rainfall.
For a full list of severe thunderstorm watches and warnings, click here.
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A number of Edmontonians took to twitter to share photos and videos of the storm.
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