Deluge! Torrential sustained downpour hits Toronto

A torrential rainstorm has hit Midtown, the GTA and much of the southwest late Thursday morning. The rain has caused flooded gutters and eaves over a period of some 20 minutes during the eleven o’clock hour. After a momentary respite the heavy rain continued on toward the noon hour. The forecast was for a “light thunderstorm”.  Environment Canada was caught flat-footed by the rain, issuing a special bulletin at 11:25 just as the worst of the downpour slowed.

60 mm POSSIBLE

It says: “Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ec.cpio-tempetes-ospc-storms.ec@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.” That was followed by a rain warning: Rain, at times heavy, is expected. Showers and thunderstorms are expected to continue through the noon hour. Local amounts of 50 to 60 mm will be possible. The rain will move out of the region this afternoon. Caution is advised, especially near creeks and on