UPDATE: Severe thunderstorm warning ends

1658395767 UPDATE Severe thunderstorm warning ends

A severe thunderstorm warning has ended for communities in Brantford/Brant, Norfolk and surrounding municipalities.

Early Thursday evening, Environment Canada had issued a severe storm warning, saying meteorologists were tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain.”

Impacted communities included: Hamilton, Simcoe, Brantford, Burlington, Aylmer, Tillsonburg, Norwich, Delhi, Long Point, Ancaster, Dundas, Waterdown, Port Stanley, Port Bruce Provincial Park, Port Burwell Provincial Park, Paris, Long Point Provincial Park, Scotland , Turkey Point Provincial Park and Turkey Point.

At about 8:30 pm Environment Canada had issued a tornado warning for Brant and Oxford counties. That warning was rescinded at about 9 pm

A heat warning for the local area remains in place.

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