Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for Rocky View County, Mountain View County and Calgary on Tuesday.
Environment Canada meteorologists said thunderstorms were likely to develop along the foothills in the afternoon, which turned some watches into warnings.
Rocky View County
Before 8:30 p.m., Environment Canada issued the warning for Rocky View County, saying the storm could produce heavy rain and hail the size of a ping-pong ball. It affected the county near Bottrel and Madden as well as Cochrane.
Around 8:30 p.m, the thunderstorm was 25 kilometres north of Cochrane, moving southeast at 20 km/h.
At 9:45 p.m., the storm was 15 km north of Cochrane, moving southeast at 15 km/h. A thunderstorm watch was dropped on Wednesday at around 12:15 a.m.
Mountain View County
At around 8:45 p.m., a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Mountain View County near Sundre. It ended at around 9:30 p.m.
Meteorologists tracked a storm that could produce nickel-sized hail and heavy rain.
The thunderstorm was located 30 km northwest of Sundre, moving southeast at 20 km/h.
Also at 8:45 p.m., a severe thunderstorm warning ended for Mountain View County near Cremona and Water Valley.
Calgary
Before 11 p.m., a severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Calgary.
“A cluster of severe thunderstorms are located 10 km northwest of Calgary and are moving southeast at 15 km/h,” Environment Canada said.
“This storm is expected to mainly affect northern sections of the city of Calgary.”
At around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, that warning was dropped as the conditions were “no longer favourable” for severe thunderstorms.
For a complete list of areas in Alberta that have been issued a weather alert, click here.
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