An overnight storm whipped through southern Manitoba causing extreme lightning and high winds Saturday.
Environment Canada says despite the intensity of the storm, a tornado did not touch down in the province.
Meteorologist Mike McDonald says the winds were straight thunderstorm winds without any rotation.
The highest winds recorded by Environment Canada clocked-in at 124 kilometers per hour in Melita.
“Extreme lightning and wind at the same time made it pretty loud and bangy last night,” said McDonald.
Toonie-sized hail fell in Killarney, nickel-sized hail fell in other parts of southern Manitoba.
Most areas affected by the storm saw between 30 and 60 millimeters of rain.
Killarney received 78.2 millimeters of rain, and Somerset received 72.4 mm.
The Mayor of Carman, Bob Mitchell, told CTV the storm knocked down branches around town, but there were no reports of significant damage. Staff spent Saturday morning cleaning up town streets from fallen branches.
In Winnipeg, 23 mm of rain fell at the airport and 29 mm fell at The Forks.
“Everybody got a soaker,” said McDonald. “That will help with the mosquitoes.”
#mbstorm Damage to electric supply extends to Virden, Ste. Anne, Selkirk, Altona. Includes downed poles by Brunkild. pic.twitter.com/hyZrfFveRj
— Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro) June 25, 2016
#mbstorm Our crews have been responding to outage reports in most of southern Manitoba since 3 a.m. https://t.co/cNBZgb8BBn
— Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro) June 25, 2016
Strong winds knock down business at Manitoba drive in for second time
Darren Struss owns the Shamrock Drive In just south of Killarney and was in the midst of rebuilding the outdoor movie theatre this summer.
Struss was watching a inside movie with his children as the storm blew through, located just beside the outdoor screen. He says whenever there is a big storm he worries about his screen.
Last night "it was very loud, rain pounding, it blew away a shed, hail, a very intense storm."
He says he went to the window, saw a big flash of lightning and then the screen was gone.
Struss says he was hoping to have the screen rebuild for a special car show event at the end of August but now says that won't happen. He has insurance but says living on the prairies insurance only covers so much and he doesn't know what the final cost will be to repair it.
"I'll come up with some solution to this problem, we will show movies again at some point in the future," said Struss.
The town's mayor told CTV about 80 homes has flooded basements.
