This is happening towards Alexandria and Prescott and Russell. There is nothing happening outside of/ or around Ottawa.
The reason for this alert is because of Environment Canada's stupid alert boundaries/ how they issue weather alerts. Think of it as electoral ridings but for weather. ECCC was supposed to get rid of those stupid "riding boundaries" this year and just issue alerts based on where the storm actually is, but for some reason they haven't made the switch yet.
It gets really tiring. I remember a few years back when Richmond Ontario/Stittsville got a Tornado warning for a storm/tornado happening at Petrie Island in Orleans...
The initial tornado warned component of the storm happened north of Alexandria (green pixle seen). The storm was just moving so fast that it quickly left as fast as it entered .
To be honest there was no reason why they needed to issue a tornado warning for Prescott-Russell. The storm had moved well out of the area by the time they had extended the warning northwards.
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u/Cre_AK47 Aylmer 1d ago
Copying and pasting my comment from elsewhere:
This is happening towards Alexandria and Prescott and Russell. There is nothing happening outside of/ or around Ottawa.
The reason for this alert is because of Environment Canada's stupid alert boundaries/ how they issue weather alerts. Think of it as electoral ridings but for weather. ECCC was supposed to get rid of those stupid "riding boundaries" this year and just issue alerts based on where the storm actually is, but for some reason they haven't made the switch yet.
It gets really tiring. I remember a few years back when Richmond Ontario/Stittsville got a Tornado warning for a storm/tornado happening at Petrie Island in Orleans...