WUCN13 CWTO 192255

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.  REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO.

6.55 PM EDT TUESDAY 19 JUNE 2001.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR..

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HAMILTON-WENTWORTH

ELGIN COUNTY

BRANT COUNTY

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALDIMAND-NORFOLK

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF NIAGARA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUED FOR..

TORONTO

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF HALTON

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF PEEL

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF YORK

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF DURHAM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR..

DUFFERIN COUNTY

REGIONAL MUNICIPALITY OF WATERLOO

WELLINGTON COUNTY

MIDDLESEX COUNTY

OXFORD COUNTY

HURON COUNTY

PERTH COUNTY.

AT 6.45 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM SOUTH OF LONDON TO

THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF TORONTO AND THEN JUST NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO

TO THE SOUTH OF OTTAWA.  THIS LINE WILL MOVING SOUTH AT ABOUT 50 KM/H

OVER THE NEXT 2 HOURS BEFORE MOVING SOUTHWARD OUT OF THE AREA.

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH SOME OF THESE

STORMS.

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 MEASURES ONTARIO

RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN THREATENING WEATHER

APPROACHES.

THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8.45 PM.

END/1/BECKER