Environment Canada has ended the tornado watch it issued earlier on Wednesday for the Niagara Falls and Welland area.
The weather agency said Wednesday morning severe thunderstorms could produce tornadoes. By late afternoon, the watch had been lifted, and only a rainfall warning remained.
The tornado watch came as much of southern Ontario was under a rainfall warning, including Hamilton, Brantford, Burlington and the Niagara Region.
Environment Canada said 40 to 60 mm of “rainfall with embedded torrential downpours” was expected and that it would continue until Thursday morning. The warning adds that the heaviest rain would occur Wednesday and into the evening.
The rain is associated with the remnants of Hurricane Beryl, the weather agency said, which made landfall first in Jamaica, along with Grenada.
The hurricane then went to Mexico as a Category 2 hurricane last week, before weakening as a tropical storm as it moved over to Texas, where it has caused tornadoes and flooding.
The City of Hamilton said its outdoor pool programming, and programs at wading pools, including the free drop-in Supie program, were cancelled Wednesday due to the rain but expected to return Thursday.
Meanwhile, it also says the city’s water department is responding to a watermain break on Upper Paradise Rd. As a result, Upper Paradise Road will be closed from Hadeland Ave to Mohawk Rd W, with repair work expected to last until Thursday morning at 6 a.m.
Weather watches and warnings mean different things when it comes to stormy weather.