Kyle Sooley-Brookings
Severe Storms Bring Rain, Wind, and Hail to Manitoba

There were showers and severe thunderstorms across portions of Manitoba through the day on Sunday.
Below is a summary of 24 hour rainfall amounts up to 6:00 pm CDT received from Environment and Climate Change Canada, Manitoba Agriculture and Manitoba Wildfire Program weather stations.
Berens River: 99 mm
Hermon Lake: 63 mm
Reef Lake: 51 mm
Kola: 47 mm
Pierson: 44 mm
Pisew Falls: 44 mm
Lake St-George: 36 mm
Deloraine: 32 mm
Hart Mountain: 31 mm
Melita: 31 mm
Taylors Point: 30 mm
Snow Lake: 30 mm
Spearhill: 28 mm
Mountainside: 27 mm
Waskada: 27 mm
Swan Valley: 27 mm
Kenton: 26 mm
Hamiota: 25 mm
Strong wind gusts and large hail were associated with thunderstorm activity across southwestern Manitoba. Below are peak wind gusts reported by Manitoba Agriculture weather stations from Sunday, August 25.
Kola: 94 km/h
Weather watchers also reported golf ball sized hail (45 mm) in Kola at 3:22pm CDT.
Reproduced with the permission of Environment and Climate Change Canada