It moves the car into the garage and the plants inside like a severe storm warning and several clocks cover much of Alberta on Wednesday afternoon.
Storms were expected to develop along the foothills Wednesday afternoon before moving northeast, Environment Canada said. The risk of bad weather was expected to persist until the wee hours of the evening.
The national weather agency began issuing alerts around 11 a.m., saying conditions were favorable for the development of severe storms capable of heavy rains, strong gusts of wind and heavy hail.
“Weak low-lying development in midwestern Alberta will cause instability along the foothills this afternoon,” said Tiffany Lizée, chief meteorologist at Global News Calgary.
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“There is a possibility that isolated storms could develop and become severe, with the main concerns being strong gusts of 90 km / h, nickel hail.”
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Shortly before 2:30 p.m., Environment Canada said meteorologists were tracking a severe storm west of Edmonton in Yellowhead County, near MacKay and Evansburg.
The strong storm was moving northeast at 20 km / h and was capable of strong winds, up to heavy hail and heavy rain, the national weather agency said. This warning was lowered back to a clock less than 30 minutes later.
Shortly after 3 p.m., another severe storm was detected near the Brazeau Reservoir, and Environment Canada said it was moving east at 40 mph. It was also capable of strong winds and heavy rains, as well as nickel-hail hail.
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Affected areas include near Brazeau Dam, Clearwater County, O’Chiese First Nations and Sunchild Cree.
Severe storm warnings are issued when weather conditions are favorable for the development of storms that may cause one or more of the following: heavy hail, adverse winds, or torrential rains.
“Edmonton is likely to remain at the northern end of the risk of severe storms, but we probably won’t escape active weather,” said Global Edmonton chief meteorologist Jesse Beyer.
“While it is not (excessively) likely to be severe, storms that develop (Wednesday) evening and move through Edmonton will have the possibility of heavy rain, small hail, isolated gusts of wind and lightning.”
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From noon onwards, severe storm clocks were issued for Calgary, Airdrie, Cochrane, Olds, Sundre, Brooks, Strathmore, Vulcan, Drayton Valley, Devon, Rimbey, Pigeon Lake, Drumheller, Three Hills, Red Deer, Ponoka, Innisfail, Stettler, Spruce Grove, Morinville, Mayerthorpe, Evansburg, Whitecourt, Edson, Fox Creek and Swan Hills.
At around 12:25 pm a severe storm warning was issued for Rocky Mountain House and Caroline. It later dropped as the storm moved northeast.
As a reminder, large hail can damage property and cause injuries, and strong wind gusts have the ability to throw loose objects, damage weak buildings, break tree branches, and overturn large vehicles.
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