-After at least a week of almost non-stop rain we finally got to see some active weather. All this rain had been caused by a huge upper level low which was almost stationary over the Midwest. At around 11am some storms began forming right by Fort Erie. As they crossed the Niagara escarpment they were pushed higher into the upper atmosphere and gained much strength. We had seen some sun shine the day before also which helped heat the area up. The storms moved north over lake Ontario. A strong cell died right before it hit my area (Scarborough). Too bad :( . I still got lots of rain and thunder and a few streaks of CC lightning. Meanwhile the Barrie area got hit very hard with a super cell, which gave them hail, and lots and lots of CG lightning. I was watching the situation very closely since my girlfriend had headed up to Barrie for the day. Things began to calm down in my area around 4pm. A pretty good day after a long long time without any active weather :)

Statements

WOCN13 CWTO 271504 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO. 11.03 AM EDT SUNDAY 27 MAY 2001.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CONTINUED FOR.. SOUTHERN ONTARIO.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL OVER SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO TODAY..

AS A STUBBORN MASSIVE COLD LOW OVER THE US MIDWEST INCHES CLOSER TO EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO..AGAIN A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE DISTRICT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN 5 TO 15 MM DIAMETER HAIL..WIND GUSTS TO 85 KM/H..AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS GIVING A QUICK 10-20 MM OF RAIN. FUNNEL CLOUDS AND 2 CM HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THE SITUATION IS BEING CLOSELY MONITORED AND IF THE THUNDERSTORMS BECOME MORE INTENSE THAN EXPECTED..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MAY BE ISSUED.

Warnings

WUCN13 CWTO 271823 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO. 2.23 PM EDT SUNDAY 27 MAY 2001.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR.. SIMCOE COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED JUST NORTH OF BARRIE. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED 1.5 CM HAIL..AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 50 TO 100 MILLIMETRES ARE QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM..ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF 2 CM HAIL.

Watches

WWCN11 CWOZ 271820 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO. 2.20 PM EDT SUNDAY 27 MAY 2001.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR.. QUINTE-NORTHUMBERLAND PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY PETERBOROUGH AND THE KAWARTHAS HALIBURTON.

THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS..TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF 5 MM TO 15 MM SIZED HAIL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BARRIE AREA..WITH HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN SOME AREAS.

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WWCN13 CWTO 271820 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO. 2.20 PM EDT SUNDAY 27 MAY 2001.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR.. YORK-DURHAM BARRIE-HURONIA-SIMCOE COUNTY PARRY SOUND-MUSKOKA.

THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS.. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING. FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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WWCN11 CWOZ 272138 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REGIONAL CENTRE TORONTO ONTARIO. 5.37 PM EDT SUNDAY 27 MAY 2001.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ISSUED FOR.. SMITHS FALLS-FRONTENAC-LANARK KINGSTON-BROCKVILLE RENFREW ALGONQUIN.

Reports

3:45pm 2cm HAIL REPORTED IN THE BARRIE AREA.

3:45pm 25 TO 50 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN FROM SCARBOROUGH TO OSHAWA.

4.35 PM 50 TO 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN OVER A NARROW BAND EXTENDING FROM JUST NORTHEAST OF BARRIE TO ELMVALE.