Tuesday began with rain and rumbling thunder across southern Manitoba as voters were asked to decide who would elect the next provincial government. The risk of inclement weather has prompted Elections Manitoba to take precautions in the event of an outage.
Much of southern Manitoba was under a strong thunderstorm watch until late Tuesday afternoon.
According to Elections Manitoba, electronic tabulators in the Selkirk and Tyndall Park districts of Winnipeg had to be temporarily replaced with boxes to avoid disruptions to voting.
Around 8 a.m., Manitoba Hydro announced that about 1,650 homes in Selkirk were without power, a situation that had been restored throughout the day.
According to Environment Canada meteorologist Alyssa Charbonneau, such storms are rare this time of year. It’s not impossible, it’s not unprecedented, but weather situations like this are rare in early October.
We are still in the zone between the warm air from the south and the cooler air from the north. It is this area between the two air masses where thunderstorms and possibly severe thunderstorms can occur
She adds.
Storms moved through Winnipeg and then into eastern Manitoba. They caused a lot of heavy rain and gusty winds
explains the company’s Scott Kehler Weather logics.
Hailstones the size of nickel coins were observed in places like Selkirk. Even in Winnipeg there were pea-sized hailstones.
With information from Raphaëlle Laverdière
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