Tornado touches down near Montreal.
Meteorologist Monica Vaswani said the tornado was spotted by an observer at the Mirabel airport, about 50 kilometres northwest of the Island of Montreal.
A tornado warning, urging caution about "a dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation" caused by the storm for the Montreal area was lifted around 4:25 p.m.
Heavy rains caused flash floods, leading to the closure of the Décarie in both directions between the Turcot interchange and Highway 40.
The City of Montreal said there were about 15 underpasses across the city that were flooded as of 6 p.m.
Drivers on the Décarie underpass were caught in the middle of the flooding Thursday afternoon.
"There's the water mains are all backed up, there's water spewing out and police actually made it through and closed it off. So nobody's moving," said Anna, who called into CJAD 800 radio. "It looks like a waterfall."
"I actually think I'm the last person that made it through before they closed it. I didn't see the guy that was behind me make it through the water. It was over his lights," said Stephanie, a CJAD 800 caller who was near Royalmount Ave.
"I barely made it through my car kept slowing. I'm like, I'm not going to make it," she said.
Montrealers reported pooling water in the city, including in metro stations and shopping malls, as heavy rains inundated large parts of the region.
One viewer sent CTV News images of a flooded underpass in Cote Saint-Luc, an on-island municipality. Water could be seen gushing from the walkways flanking the road, leaving drivers to trudge through several centimeters of water.
© Solli AmihodWater pools in a Cote Saint-Luc, Que. underpass as heavy rains pelt large portions of Southern Quebec and Ontario on Thursday, July 13, 2023.
Residents shared footage of the storm on social media, showing ominous clouds and heavy rain in some areas.
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