Environment Canada has expanded its first severe thunderstorm warning of 2021 to include Peterborough County, southern Kawartha Lakes, and Hastings County, as well as northern Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County.
At 5:43 p.m. on Thursday (March 11), Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts of 90 km/h, pea- to dime-size hail, and heavy rain.
Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.
This story has been updated to include the expansion of the severe thunderstorm warning to include southern Kawartha Lakes, Peterborough County, and Hastings County.
