While the storm system began rolling into the southeast on Tuesday evening, the bulk of the rain fell overnight and continues into Canada Day.

Environment Canada issued a short-lived Severe Thunderstorm Warning on Tuesday at 9:05 PM. The warning ended about an hour later as a quick-moving storm system brought high winds, lightning, and the beginnings of a night of rain.

Here are the rain amounts as measured by Manitoba Agriculture for June 30-July 1, at the time of publishing, across our area:

Steinbach 20.2 mm
St. Pierre 26.7 mm
Zhoda 40.6 mm
Gardenton 48.3 mm

"Tuesday's storms packed a punch," said CMOS Accredited Weathercaster Chris Sumner. "All of this came from a low-pressure system moving across Southern Manitoba, and based on the reports we're receiving this morning, it was a general rainfall of one to three inches from the Saskatchewan to Ontario border south of the Trans Canada highway."

Sumner noted strong winds were also reported last night, as the first round of severe thunderstorms literally blew through the area as a squall line. The Manitoba Agriculture Weather Network station at Clearwater reported a peak wind gust of 125 km/h, Snowflake 87 km/h and Windygates 86 km/h. "A squall line is when thunderstorms have arranged into a line, often ahead of a cold front, and move in one general direction. These have the potential to produce extreme wind gusts, and usually lead to some amazing photo opportunities with prominent shelf clouds typically a characteristic."

Even though a cold front has moved through the region, temperatures will remain above average for the next few days, but the humidity will be significantly less Canada Day than so far this week.

"We're expecting daytime highs to push 30 today, but the Humidex will only be around 32, which means it will feel much less muggy," said Sumner. "That won't last long, though, with southerly winds once again pumping the region full of a hot, humid airmass for Thursday. Highs tomorrow will be in the 31 to 33 range, but it will feel like 40 or slightly warmer."