{"id":2910,"date":"2025-06-28T05:24:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T09:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ca.weatheramerica.com\/?p=2910"},"modified":"2025-06-28T05:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T09:24:28","slug":"weather-alert-medicine-hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/2025\/06\/28\/weather-alert-medicine-hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Weather alert Medicine Hat: severe thunderstorm watch in effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2912\" src=\"http:\/\/ca.weatheramerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-420x280.jpg 420w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-615x410.jpg 615w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-860x573.jpg 860w, https:\/\/weatheramerica.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/06\/Weather-alert-Medicine-Hat-severe-thunderstorm-watch-in-effect-219x146.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/>Friday, June 27, 2025 \u2013 Ottawa local time: 17:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A new severe thunderstorm watch<\/strong> has been issued for <strong>Medicine Hat<\/strong> and the surrounding region this <strong>Friday afternoon<\/strong>, marking the <strong>second alert<\/strong> of this type in the past <strong>two weeks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Environment Canada<\/strong> reports that <strong>atmospheric conditions<\/strong> are currently <strong>favourable<\/strong> for the development of <strong>intense thunderstorms<\/strong>. These <strong>unstable systems<\/strong> may generate <strong>damaging wind gusts<\/strong>, <strong>sizable hailstones<\/strong> and <strong>torrential rainfall<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest forecasts, <strong>thunderstorms are expected to intensify<\/strong> through the <strong>late afternoon<\/strong> and <strong>early evening hours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The national meteorological service has also highlighted the <strong>potential appearance of funnel clouds<\/strong>, which could accompany some of these <strong>stronger storm cells<\/strong> in the region of <strong>southeastern Alberta<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday, June 27, 2025 \u2013 Ottawa local time: 17:35 A new severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for Medicine Hat and the surrounding region this Friday afternoon, marking the second alert of this type in the past two weeks. &nbsp; Environment Canada reports that atmospheric conditions are currently favourable for the development of intense thunderstorms. 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