Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued

(Locations listed below description)

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.

Conditions are favourable this afternoon for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts, large hail and heavy rain.

Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Lightning kills and injures canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by environment canada. To report severe weather, send an email to qcstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #qcstorm.

ISSUED:

• Chénéville area
• Dorval Lodge area
• Fort William
• Gracefield area
• La Minerve
• Le Domaine area
• Lièvre River area
• Low
• Maniwaki
• Mont-Laurier area
• Papineau-Labelle Reserve area
• Papineauville
• Rapides-des-Joachims area
• Rouge River area
• Shawville area
• Wakefield area