WINNIPEG: Environment Canada Forecasting 'High' Risk For Severe Thunderstorms & Tornadoes (Fri, June 24, 2022)

FRIDAY (Fri, June 24, 2022): Environment Canada has issued their forecast map for today and this includes a “high” risk area in orange that covers Winnipeg, Steinbach, and a large swath of southeastern Manitoba. The forecast mentions a risk for 90-110km/h damaging wind gusts, 3-6cm hail, lightning, 50mm of rainfall, and a risk for tornadoes.

In the yellow region, which includes Brandon, the risk include 90km/h wind gusts, 2-3cm hail, 30mm of rainfall, and lightning.

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Environment Canada writes “In all, chances are fairly good for more significant severe activity south of the trans-canada corridor and east of about Boissevain as the warm front pushes back northwards through the day… …All hazards are possible in this zone, including hail, wind, heavy rain, and tornado. Moving north through the interlake and west to the Saskatchewan border, potential diminishes but cannot be discounted with the strong dynamics and continued pooling moisture ahead of the front…”

If you’re wondering what time these storms will start, that depends on what area you’re located in and as new data arrives, this timing could continue to change. Mainly an afternoon and evening risk but again, this depends on where exactly you are located. We recommend downloading our free app Instant Weather and checking the minute and hourly products to see what is estimated for your location. The minute and hourly products update every 15 mins to every hour so check back to see if the timing has changed throughout the day. Download it free on Apple or Android. Additionally, for our most reliable alerting system, you can subscribe to our premium Text Message Alerts. If you don’t have PayPal, you can also subscribe to our Text Messages directly on our website. We send out Environment Canada alerts instantly and also our own Instant Updates™ for rotation, tornado reports, damage reports, violent wind gusts, severe weather forecasts, livestream notifications, etc!

Be safe today folks and have a plan if you’re in the path of these severe thunderstorms!