Environment Canada downgraded tornado warnings to thunderstorm warnings for the Brockville and Kingston regions in eastern Ontario Saturday evening.
The warnings changed from tornado to severe thunderstorms around 7 p.m.
At 6:28 p.m. the agency issued a tornado warning for Gananoque – Mallorytown on its website.
“Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado,” the website said. “Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible.”
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The agency said doppler radar showed the potential tornados near Mallorytown and Washburn.
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“Toonie size hail” and 100 km/h wind were also possible, according to the website.
At 6:38 p.m., the agency updated the tornado warning to include Kingston – Odessa – Frotenac Islands.
Environment Canada issued tornado warnings for Plevna – Sharbot Lake – Western Lanark County and Smith Falls – Perth – Eastern Lanark County in eastern Ontario earlier Saturday, but removed those warnings shortly later.
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