Environment Canada has lifted a severe thunderstorm watch for Toronto and much of southern Ontario.

The national weather agency ended the weather warning shortly after 6:15 p.m.

Earlier on Wednesday, Environment Canada warned that the storms could bring damaging wind gusts,

The following areas also fell under Environment Canada the watch:

  • Vaughan-Richmond Hill-Markham
  • Halton-Peel
  • Hamilton
  • Oxford-Brant
  • Newmarket-Georgina-York
  • Dufferin-Innisfil
  • Uxbridge-Beaverton-Durham
  • Stratford-Mitchell-Perth
  • Listowel-Milverton
  • Waterloo-Wellington
  • Barrie-Orillia-Midland
  • Peterborough-Kawartha Lakes
  • Bracebridge-Gravenhurst
  • Huntsville-Baysville
  • Haliburton
  • Windsor-Essex-Chatham-Kent
  • Sarnia-Lambton
  • Elgin
  • London-Middlesex
  • Simcoe-Delhi-Norfolk