Friday storm brings hail, more rain on horizon
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Some Winnipeggers were hit by small hail and rain on Friday night, and more rain is forecast for Saturday evening and Sunday.
Chris Stammers, a meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, said the agency issued a warning earlier Friday that conditions were favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms, and that proved true late in the evening.
“It blew up just southwest of the city at 11 p.m., and it was very fast-moving,” Stammers said Saturday.
“It was a heavy rain producer, so it could have caused flash flooding, but because it was moving over 60 to 70 km/h, it didn’t. Thankfully, it was quick. It only lasted 20 minutes or so.”
Stammers said the weather service’s monitor at The Forks found 10 mm of rain there and even less at the airport.
“It was more in the south and east side of the city,” he said.
“There were also reports of pea- to nickel-sized hail, but the main part was the heavy rain.”
Stammers said there were no funnel clouds caused by the storm. He said another system coming Saturday evening and Sunday will bring even more rain to the area.
“Heavy rain is moving in (Saturday night), and there will probably be 30 to 50 mm in the Red River Valley and Winnipeg. And south of the city and east will probably have even higher amounts.”
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Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
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Kevin Rollason is a general assignment reporter at the Free Press. He graduated from Western University with a Masters of Journalism in 1985 and worked at the Winnipeg Sun until 1988, when he joined the Free Press. He has served as the Free Press’s city hall and law courts reporter and has won several awards, including a National Newspaper Award. Read more about Kevin.
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