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WWCN11 CWWG 100517
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 12:17 AM CDT SATURDAY 10 OCTOBER 2009.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...
SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
SELKIRK - GIMLI - STONEWALL - WOODLANDS - ERIKSDALE
DUGALD - BEAUSEJOUR - GRAND BEACH
BISSETT - NOPIMING PROVINCIAL PARK - PINE FALLS
WHITESHELL - LAC DU BONNET - PINAWA
ARBORG - HECLA - FISHER RIVER - GYPSUMVILLE - ASHERN.
SNOW CONTINUING NORTH AND EAST OF WINNIPEG.
WIND WARNING FOR:
DUGALD - BEAUSEJOUR - GRAND BEACH.
VERY STRONG ONSHORE WINDS TONIGHT.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...
SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED FOR:
CITY OF WINNIPEG
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN.
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==DISCUSSION==
AS OF MIDNIGHT SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF IN WINNIPEG..AND RADAR SHOWS NO
FURTHER SIGNIFICANT SNOW ON THE WAY. THE WARNING IS THUS ENDED FOR
THE CITY.
NORTH AND EAST OF WINNIPEG HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL..WITH RADAR
INDICATING MORE THAN 20 CM OF SNOW DOWN IN THE ARBORG-FISHER BRANCH
AREA. ANOTHER 10 CM IS POSSIBLE BY MORNING IN AREAS NORTH AND EAST
OF WINNIPEG.
FINALLY..VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 60 GUSTING 80 KM/H ARE BEING
REPORTED AT VICTORIA BEACH THIS EVENING. THESE ARE DUE TO THE WARM
LAKE WATERS AND PROXIMITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND SHOULD ONLY
LAST A FEW HOURS..HOWEVER WHILE THEY DO NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITY IN SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN A LOCALIZED AREA DOWNWIND OF LAKE
WINNIPEG.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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