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WUCN11 CWTO 172055
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:55 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
SARNIA - PETROLIA - WESTERN LAMBTON COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 6:53 P.M. EDT.
AT 4:54 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND
GUSTS AND PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOCATED FROM 9 KILOMETRES WEST
OF CORUNNA TO 8 KILOMETRES SOUTHEAST OF BECHER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT
65 KM/H.
HAZARD: 90 KM/H WIND GUSTS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE:
SARNIA, PETROLIA, OIL SPRINGS, CORUNNA, POINT EDWARD, WILKESPORT,
BRIGDEN, BRIGHTS GROVE, BENTPATH, CAMLACHIE, OIL CITY, WYOMING AND
REECES CORNERS.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY, IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. 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.
REMEMBER, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES. LIGHTNING
KILLS AND INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. REMEMBER, WHEN THUNDER
ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK)
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN IMMINENT OR OCCURRING
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE OR ARE PRODUCING ONE OR MORE OF
THE FOLLOWING: LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAINFALL.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN ONTARIO, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ONSTORM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
HTTPS://WWW.ONTARIO.CA/PAGE/BE-PREPARED-EMERGENCY.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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