WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm watch issued for:
Kapuskasing - Hearst - Smooth Rock Falls, Ont. (049420)
Timmins - Cochrane - Iroquois Falls, Ont. (049520)
Chapleau - Missinaibi Lake, Ont. (049610)
Current details:
Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing strong wind gusts and large hail.
Hazards:
Up to ping pong ball sized hail.
Wind gusts near 90 km/h.
Timing:
This afternoon into early this evening.
Discussion:
Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop and sweep across northeastern Ontario today. Thunderstorm intensity is dependent on the amount that the clouds clear today. The strongest thunderstorms that develop may be capable of producing ping pong ball sized hail and wind gusts of 90 km/h
Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Locally heavy rain is also possible.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
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 using #ONStorm.
For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
More details on the alert are available here.
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