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WWCN15 CWWG 191031
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:31 AM MDT WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA...
RAINFALL WARNING FOR:
=NEW= CITY OF CALGARY
=NEW= OKOTOKS - HIGH RIVER - CLARESHOLM
=NEW= BANFF NATIONAL PARK
AIRDRIE - COCHRANE - OLDS - SUNDRE
KANANASKIS - CANMORE
NORDEGG - FORESTRY TRUNK ROAD HIGHWAY 734
ROCKY MOUNTAIN HOUSE - CAROLINE.
HEAVY RAINFALL TODAY AND THURSDAY.
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==DISCUSSION==
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING SLOWLY INTO SOUTHWESTERN
ALBERTA TODAY. ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM, AN AREA OF RAIN IN
SOUTHERN ALBERTA THIS MORNING, WILL MOVE NORTHWESTWARD INTO THE
FOOTHILLS AND INTENSIFY THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH AMOUNTS OF 50 TO 70 MILLIMETRES POSSIBLE
IN SOME LOCATIONS. TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 100 MILLIMETRES ARE LIKELY BY
THURSDAY EVENING. HOWEVER, SOME AREAS OF THE FOOTHILLS MAY SEE UP TO
150 MILLIMETRES BY THE TIME THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO WEAKEN THURSDAY
NIGHT.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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