Severe thunderstorm warning has ended for P.E.I.'s Prince County
Line of thunderstorms crossed from New Brunswick into western P.E.I.
P.E.I.'s Prince County was placed under a severe thunderstorm watch Thursday evening, with Environment Canada saying a weather system over the Island was capable of producing strong wind gusts, hail and rain.
"Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, nickel to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain," the weather agency said in an 8:02 p.m. AT post on its national weather alert site.
Locations in the path of the storm included "extreme western Prince County including Waterford, Tignish [and] North Cape," the advisory said.
The storm could bring rain amounts of between 20 and 40 mm per hour, as well as wind gusts of 70 to 90 km/h.
The warning was lifted just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday, but heat warnings remained in effect for all three counties on the Island.
"The risk for thunderstorms includes central and eastern P.E.I. this evening as well, so please keep an eye — and ear — on the sky, and be ready to head inside if threatening weather approaches," said CBC Prince Edward Island meteorologist Jay Scotland.
"Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year," the weather agency's statement said. "Heavy rain can cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility."