By: 680News staff
Funnel clouds were spotted along Highway 401 and Sheppard Avenue, from Markham and eastward (Photo courtesy of: City News)
Toronto - Wild weather swept across the GTA and beyond, Monday.
There was heavy rain, thunder, lightning, hail and dark clouds.
More than a dozen callers to 680News said they even saw an ominous funnel cloud in the sky, like this one caller who was working in the Finch and Markham Road area where picnic tables and trees went flying. " Kinda scary to see - that's for sure - You don't expect to see it...don't wanna see another one."
680's Meteorologist Harold Hosein said people should seek shelter if they see severe weather coming their way. "If you hear the sound of something like a locomotive (a train engine), or the sound of a jet engine - then you know that that storm is approaching or has become a tornado."
Hosein added that funnel clouds can turn into tornados if they touch the ground, "The funnel cloud is the beginning of the tornado and it's the circulation within the cloud, which causes a vortex. Much like the vortex that you see in your sink or bathtub when the water is going down the drain."
It's best to stay in the basement or the smallest room of the house if you think a heavy storm is approaching, advised Hosein.
Meanwhile, in the York Mills and Leslie area, police said a 15-year-old girl was taken to hospital after a lightning strike near her knocked her to the ground.
A severe thunderstorm warning was issued for Toronto by Environment Canada at 1:40 p.m. Monday.
The warning also applied to:
- Vaughan - Richmond Hill - Markham
- Pickering - Oshawa - southern Durham Region
- Windsor - Leamington - Essex County
- Simcoe - Delhi - Norfolk
- Dunnville - Caledonia - Haldimand
- Woodstock - Tillsonburg - Oxford County
- Brantford - County of Brant.
Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches has since ended for all areas.
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