10:24 PM EDT Friday 24 July 2020 Special weather statement in effect for: Lièvre River area; Low - Wakefield area ; Maniwaki - Gracefield area; Papineau-Labelle Reserve area; Papineauville - Chénéville area; Heat and humidity in sight. Alerts for: Upper Gatineau - Lièvre - Papineau.
A dangerous thunderstorm moving east could possibly produce a tornado. Maximum daytime temperatures today will be near 33 degrees Celsius with humidex values near 40. Impactful.Comments that violate our community guidelines will be removed.The national weather agency issued a tornado warning for some of the area on both sides of the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Montreal amid a small but powerful storm that includes damaging winds, hail and intense rainfall.The city is still in a state of emergency over floods earlier this spring.The capital region was hit by several tornadoes less than a year ago, which flattened neighbourhoods and did severe damage to the power grid.The value of quality journalismWe aim to create a safe and valuable space for discussion and debate. The national weather agency issued a tornado warning for some of the area on both sides of the Ottawa River between Ottawa and Montreal. “We were fortunate here.”Messier was out for a drive with his grandson when the tornado struck, he said, and that they had to pull over to the side of the road for a time while waiting for the twister to pass.The Distress Centre of Ottawa and Region, which offers 24/7 crisis and distress phone lines, noted that twisters like the one that touched down on Sunday can affect those who experienced the twisters in 2018.Environment Canada issued tornado warnings in eastern Ontario and western Quebec after someone spotted a twister near the Gatineau Airport just before 6 p.m. Officials later confirmed that a twister touched down in the suburb of Orleans, in Ottawa’s east end.Debris closed several streets, including a major highway, but the city said they had all reopened by about 9 p.m.OTTAWA—Strong winds uprooted trees and damaged homes, but nobody was injured when a tornado touched down in the Ottawa area Sunday evening. The second tornado tracked from 10 km west of Kinburn across Dunrobin and Gatineau between 4:40 p.m. and 5:20 p.m. Environment Canada issued tornado warnings in eastern Ontario and western Quebec after someone spotted a twister near the Gatineau Airport just … Source: Environment Canada Environment and Climate Change Canada, today issued the following statement on the tornados that touched down in Ottawa and Gatineau.