Windsor-Essex has escaped serious damage and injuries after storms ripped across the region.
A tornado warning was posted just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday as heavy rain and thunderstorms passed over the area.
On April 6th, wireless warnings were added to the traditional television and radio messages broadcast by the National Public Alerting System.
Environment Canada Meteorologist Dave Rogers told AM800's The Morning Drive that some people did receive a tornado warning on their cellphones last night while others did not.
"We are still working on this alert system, we are still trying to iron out some of the kinks," says Rogers. "I understand it did work pretty well in Ottawa on Friday, so that's pretty good."
While there was no serious damage, the storm did drop quite a bit of rain on the area.
"Windsor Airport got 38mm, so a fair amount," says Rogers. So there's definitely some street flooding and that sort of thing in the Windsor area."
The 38mm of rain that fell last night breaks the previous September 25th rainfall record of 32mm, set in 1945.
There were reports of tornadoes in Monroe and Wayne counties in Michigan.