(posted by ~~CM~~ )

If it's relevant, there are severe thunderstorm watches (and a few warnings now) all over southern Ontario. It looks like the most active area at the present time, there are storms popping up everywhere. This list is updating faster than I can type these.

Severe thunderstorm watch for City of Hamilton, City of Toronto, Dufferin - Innisfil, Dunnville - Caledonia - Haldimand, Elgin, Halton - Peel, Huron - Perth, London - Middlesex, Niagara, Oxford - Brant, Sarnia - Lambton, Simcoe - Delhi - Norfolk, Waterloo - Wellington, Windsor - Essex - Chatham-Kent, York - Durham

LOCALIZED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON WITH LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE ABOVE REGIONS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TORRENTIAL RAIN OF 50 MILLIMETRES WITHIN AN HOUR AND INTENSE FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

Severe thunderstorm warning for Grey - Bruce, Huron - Perth, City of Hamilton, City of Toronto, Dufferin - Innisfil, Halton - Peel, Huron - Perth, Niagara

SEVERE FAST DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH OR TOWARD THE ABOVE REGIONS. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

This probably doesn't mean a thing to you guys in the US, but I thought it would be interesting to give a Canadian perspective on this. There are also more watches and warnings in Southern Ontario right now than there are in the entire US, which I thought was kind of interesting.

All the warnings have expired but there will most likely be more as the day progresses.

There's now a new warning for the city of Hamilton, there's an intense line passing over the Niagara Peninsula right now and there will probably be more warnings for this line before it crosses into the US.

Nothing tornadic yet, but the day's still young.

Tornadoes in ALBERTA
Due to budget and JOBS, we can not chase this tornado situation

TORNADO WARNING FOR
M.D. OF PROVOST NEAR CZAR METISKOW AND CADOGAN UPGRADED FROM
M.D. OF PROVOST NEAR PROVOST AND HAYTER
5:16 PM MDT THURSDAY 25 JUNE 2009

A TORNADO HAS TOUCHED DOWN 20 KM WEST OF PROVOST ON HIGHWAY 600 AND IS MOVING EASTWARDS AT 85 KM/H. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS. NOTE..A SUMMARY OF ALL WARNINGS AND WATCHES FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA IS AVAILABLE IN THE WWCN16 CWWG BULLETIN ISSUED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THIS BULLETIN.
CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND IN THE EARLY EVENING IN THE LLOYDMINSTER AND COLD LAKE REGIONS. HAIL, STRONG WINDS AND LOCAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

This has set up much farther west then forecast, in eastern Alberta and western Saskatchewan, hopefully we will get this setup on a weekend!
if not, well lets hope by chance one of use(with a car and gas) will have the day off.