MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTY - Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Mountain View County and nearby urban centres Tuesday afternoon.
“Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain. Slow moving thunderstorms have the potential to bring locally heavy rain,” the federal agency’s 3:54 p.m. Aug. 5 weather alert for the area said.
Heavy rain can cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility, the federal agency advised.
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
Included in the watch are:
• Mountain View County near Sundre, Carstairs, Cremona, Water Valley, Didsbury, Olds; and
• Rocky View County near Airdrie, Crossfield, Bottrel, Madden and Cochrane.
