The rain should clear out in the afternoon but you can expect a cooler day on Friday

Thursday was a very active weather day in parts of central and southern Alberta. Just before noon, storms started to develop near Cremona. As they tracked east, the area of instability intensified. There was a strong downburst from a thunderstorm creating damaging winds near Crossfield. Then, pea-sized hail north of Hanna. Funnel clouds were reported near Youngstown. Also lots of lightning with these cells. Friday, most of the thunderstorm risk will be for areas south of Lethbridge, and a small