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Environment Canada lifts severe thunderstorm warning for London-Middlesex

File photo.
File photo. AP Photo / Orlin Wagner

While all of southern Ontario has been under a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the afternoon, London-Middlesex  was briefly under a warning.

Environment Canada issued the warning just after 5:20 p.m. Thursday.

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At that time, the weather agency said it was tracking a storm 8 kilometres north of Ailsa Craig that was moving southeast at 40 km/h.

Heavy rain hit the area soon after but by 6:15 p.m. the warning had been lifted. A watch, however, remains in place.

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