WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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9 p.m. update
Severe thunderstorm watch ended for:
- Timmins - Cochrane - Iroquois Falls
- Gogama - Foleyet
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Original release: 5:07 p.m.
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for:
- Greater Sudbury and vicinity
- Elliot Lake - Ranger Lake
- Timmins - Cochrane - Iroquois Falls
- Gogama - Foleyet
- Kirkland Lake - Englehart
Current details:
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and heavy rain.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
Severe thunderstorm watch in effect
Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms that could produce one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports to #ONStorm.
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