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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 21/07/2016 (3585 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A lively, booming thunderstorm kept storm watchers on their toes province-wide Wednesday evening, bringing heavy rain, hail and several funnel clouds to Westman.
The storm developed in the southwestern corner of Manitoba — lighting up social media feeds as it tracked east across the south of the province.
Environment Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said funnel clouds were seen from several locations, and a brief touchdown near Hartney, about 80 km southwest of Brandon, was reported.
In Melita, another 60 km southwest, Lang said golf- to tennis ball-sized hail was reported.
Environment Canada issued a tornado watch in Brandon at about 5 p.m. By then, the dark sky had forced street lights on: above, the clouds swirled slowly, dark grey with streaks of turquoise.
In the span of the span of an hour, the temperature dropped to 19 C, quenching a steamy day where the humidex peaked at 44 C in the Wheat City.
By 5:30 p.m. the sky opened up, dousing the city with rain — as much as 44 mm in the west end of town and 25 mm at Brandon Municipal Airport, Lang said.
Many city streets flooded for a short period.
“It all fell in a very brief period of time, which is usually what causes the flooding,” Lang said.
Environment Canada also received reports of marble- and golf ball-sized hail for the Brandon area.
The thunderstorm watch was ended at 6:19 p.m. for Brandon.
Some corn plants south of Wawanesa, standing about five feet tall, were pushed over by the storm, some with broken stalks and others with leaves punctured by hail.
Both Rossendale and Long Plain, located south of Portage la Prairie, reported funnel clouds touching down, said Lang, which corroborated evidence of rotation that meteorologists were noting in weather maps.
Lang said the storm had lost most of its potential for tornados by the time it reached Winnipeg, but was still capable of producing strong wind, rain and hail.
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