Isolated Severe Thunderstorm Risk This Afternoon, Evening, and Overnight in Parts of Alberta (Mon, Jun 14, 2021)

Monday, June 14, 2021:

We’re watching closely for the potential of isolated severe thunderstorm this afternoon, evening, and into the overnight hours. For those wondering, isolated means that many who are highlighted in the yellow (2) risk area will not see a drop of rain from these storms.

However, we felt it was worth mentioning the risk as there is a fairly strong environment in place and we could see 2-5cm hail, 110km/h+ damaging wind gusts, frequent lightning, and perhaps even some very isolated flooding. A tornado risk is unlikely, especially if the storms show up into the overnight hours. Nevertheless, we’ll be watching closely and in the unlikely event of a Tornado Warning issued by Environment Canada, we’ll be posting it to all of our social media accounts and sending it out instantly on our free app; Instant Weather.

Environment Canada has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watches now for these risks and we’ve included them below:

Severe thunderstorm watch for edmonton and surrounding areas (click the image for further details)

severe thunderstorm watch issued for calgary, red deer, and surrounding areas (click the image for further details)

Environment Canada also issued an experimental forecast map with similar locations highlighted to the watch regions:

environment canada’s experimental forecast map

PLEASE READ: For those wondering, these "prototype" maps are not yet available on EC's website. However, they will become operational soon and shared directly on their site. These forecasts and maps are issued by the same Environment Canada Meteorologists that issue all Watches and Warnings for the Alberta. They're also shared on Environment Canada's Twitter account and you can find it by searching for @ECCCWeatherAB.

Environment Canada's disclaimer says:

"Disclaimer: These products are part of an experimental initiative at Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). These are not official ECCC products and therefore may not be available on a daily basis. Please continue to monitor weather forecasts as well as watches and warnings via http://www.weather.gc.ca/. Please address any questions, concerns and/or feedback regarding these products to the Decision Support Meteorologists at the Prairie and Arctic Storm Prediction Centre, available by email at ec.soutienmeteoouest-weathersupportwest.ec@canada.ca."

Long story short, please keep an eye out this afternoon, evening, and into the overnight for any alerts from Environment Canada and once again, you can get notified instantly of these alerts by downloading our free app; Instant Weather. Thank you so much to those who have downloaded it and a huge thank you to those who have subscribed to remove ads and upgrade to have 5 hours of future radar. More details, ASAP!