Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Windsor and Essex County
This alert is no longer in effect.
ECCC issued it on April 14, 2026, 4 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this ECCC weather alert directly from ECCC's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
Environment Canada has issued a yellow severe thunderstorm warning for Windsor, Leamington, and Essex County, with risks of very strong wind gusts, nickel-sized hail, and heavy rain expected immediately.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm
- Affected area
- Windsor - Leamington - Essex County
- Issued
- April 14, 2026
- Issuing authority
- ECCC
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 4 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Windsor - Leamington - Essex County.
Alert Details
A yellow severe thunderstorm warning has been issued by Environment Canada. This alert is in effect and is classified as a severe thunderstorm event.
Affected Areas
The warning affects Windsor, Leamington, and Essex County.
What You Should Do
Residents should prepare for potential damage from very strong wind gusts and large hail, as described in the warning.
Expected Conditions
The thunderstorm is capable of producing very strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail, and heavy rain.
Timeline
The alert is effective from April 14, 2026, at 12:58 a.m. UTC and expires on April 14, 2026, at 3:56 a.m. UTC.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this ECCC weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (639 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (medium) notices issued closest in time to April 14, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this ECCC weather alert.