ALBERTA: Significant Severe Thunderstorm Risk for Tennis Ball Hail, 120km/h Wind Gusts, & Tornadoes (Mon, Aug 1, 2022)

Monday, August 1st, 2022: Significant severe weather is expected today across a large swath of Alberta. Damaging wind gusts of 120km/h+, large damaging hail of 3-6cm+, flooding, frequent lightning, and the risk for isolated tornadoes are all on the table with the strongest storms that develop.

Below, Environment Canada has also issued their forecast map for today and it includes a “high” risk area in orange (A) for areas north of Calgary and south of Edmonton, AKA the Red Deer regions.

The yellow area is a “Moderate” risk and that brings the potential of 90-110km/h wind gusts, 2-5cm hail, 50mm of rainfall, and lightning.

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Here’s some of the details from Environment Canada’s scientific forecast: “Thunderstorms are the main weather concern of the day today. Very unstable conditions will exist from Grande Prairie to Oyen... ...These storms will begin as isolated storms and may quickly develop into classic supercells producing heavy rain, large hail and local wind gusts. As they move through the evening they are expected to organize into lines. Strong wind gusts will be the primary hazard associated with these lines. Thunderstorms that develop along surface trough will be... ...bringing the risk of tornadoes.”

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

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