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