MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY – Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Mountain View County and nearby urban centres Monday.
A watch is issued when conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms with one or more of the following conditions:
• Wind gusts of 90 kilometres an hour (km/h) or greater, which could cause structural wind damage;
• Hail of 2.5 centimetres (cm) or larger in diameter; or
• Heavy rainfall
“Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain,” the federal agency’s 11:58 a.m.Aug. 4 weather alert said. “Thunderstorms have developed over the foothills and Cypress Hills. These thunderstorms will move to the east and northeast.”
A few of the thunderstorms could become severe, the federal agency said.
Also included in the watch are:
• Clearwater County near Caroline, James River Bridge, Rocky Mountain House and Crimson Lake; and
• Kneehill County near Torrington, Wimborne, Three Hills, Acme, Linden, Carbon, Trochu and Huxley.
