{"id":6156,"date":"2026-04-15T13:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/6156\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:00:12","slug":"severe-thunderstorm-threat-isnt-done-with-ontario-quite-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/6156\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe thunderstorm threat isn’t done with Ontario quite yet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on Apr. 15, 2026, 10:25 AM<\/p>\n

Severe storm potential continues for southern Ontario on Wednesday, following 2026\u2019s first tornado warning<\/p>\n

Overnight thunderstorms<\/a> triggered Canada’s first tornado warning and red alert of the year<\/a> in the Windsor area. The system is expected to bring warm frontal showers as it moves into eastern Ontario.<\/p>\n

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By Wednesday afternoon and evening, southwestern Ontario could see another round of severe thunderstorms, with a risk of heavy downpours and large hail. A low to slight chance of a rotating storm also exists.<\/p>\n

Weather Highlights:<\/p>\n

Severe thunderstorms forecast Wednesday afternoon, starting near Windsor and Sarnia by 1-2 p.m. and reaching Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) after 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

Risks include large hail and 30-50 mm of rain due to elevated thunderstorm energy from warm weather<\/p>\n

Another round of strong thunderstorms expected Thursday morning in Windsor and Thursday afternoon in the GTA<\/p>\n

Another round of severe thunderstorms Wednesday: Risk of heavy rain, large hail<\/p>\n

Following Tuesday’s overnight storms, another round of severe thunderstorms is forecast Wednesday afternoon, driven by a cold front moving through southern Ontario.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

Thunderstorms are expected to develop near Windsor and Sarnia around 2 p.m., moving into London, Hamilton, and Niagara after 4 p.m.<\/p>\n

The environment could produce severe storms with heavy downpours and a hail risk. There is a low to slight chance of a rotating storm<\/a> near Windsor.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

Another system will bring rain with embedded thunderstorms to Windsor, Sarnia, and London early in the morning on Thursday, moving into GTA and Cottage Country by the afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Apr. 15, 2026, 10:25 AM Severe storm potential continues for southern Ontario on Wednesday, following 2026\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6157,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,3666,3665,94,58,60,3664],"class_list":{"0":"post-6156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-hail","10":"tag-lightning","11":"tag-ontario","12":"tag-rain","13":"tag-temperatures","14":"tag-thunderstorm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156","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=6156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}