{"id":171453,"date":"2026-08-17T20:01:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171453\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T20:01:12","slug":"calgary-southern-alberta-face-a-severe-storm-large-hail-risk-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171453\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary, southern Alberta face a severe storm, large hail risk Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The week in southern Alberta could get off to a stormy start as conditions will be prime for severe weather development in parts the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thunderstorms could initiate off the foothills Monday afternoon and track southeast through the evening, and may impact the city of Calgary. Severe thunderstorm watches are in effect for southern Alberta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">SEE ALSO: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Hawaii braces for more of Tropical Storm Lala&#039;s winds and flooding rains;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/severe\/hurricane-lala-lashing-hawaii-with-high-winds-flooding-rain\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Hawaii braces for more of Tropical Storm Lala&#8217;s winds and flooding rains<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Among those may see some stormy weather are folks in Calgary, south to Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and the U.S. international border.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Alberta precipitation timing Monday evening\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_weather_network_616\/bc81ad700b6dd2a6d89ca25a4470bf1d.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alberta precipitation timing Monday evening<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From Monday afternoon onwards, atmospheric conditions are favourable for severe thunderstorm development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Large hail is possible with any severe storms that do develop, as well as strong wind gusts, posing a risk to property, crops, fences and trees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thunderstorms should develop along the foothills and track southeast into the evening.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Alberta storm risk map Monday\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_weather_network_616\/a5c24491de2513b6a563addba1a04e56.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Alberta storm risk map Monday<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some of the storms could also produce heavy rainfall, raising the risk for localized flooding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beyond Monday, heat will ramp up midweek as a ridge of high pressure over the Western U.S. noses northwards. Thirty-degree heat is possible in the south (Medicine Hat area) by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stay with The Weather Network for the latest information and updates on your weather across Alberta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The week in southern Alberta could get off to a stormy start as conditions will be prime for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[54708,51,953,5161,43705,2431,8820,34589,867],"class_list":["post-171453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-atmospheric-conditions","tag-calgary","tag-city-of-calgary","tag-medicine-hat","tag-severe-storms","tag-severe-weather","tag-southern-alberta","tag-stormy-weather","tag-thunderstorms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}