Tornado warning lifted for Lachute-Saint-Jerome
The tornado warning issued Thursday afternoon for a region northwest of Montreal has been lifted.
Environment Canada issued the weather alert at 2:20 p.m. for the Lachute - Saint-Jérôme region, in southwestern Quebec. The weather agency said that said it is monitoring "a severe thunderstorm that is possibly producing a tornado. Damaging winds, large hail and locally intense rainfall are also possible."
Despite heavy storms throughout the region, the warning was lifted at 3:40 p.m.
THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS
Several regions in southwestern Quebec were under a severe thunderstorm warning, including Montreal, but have been lowered from a warning to a watch. Only Drummondville - Bois-Francs remains under a warning as of 4:55 p.m.
-- This is a developing story that will be updated.
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