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WUCN12 CWWG 042241
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR NORTHERN MANITOBA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:41 P.M. CDT FRIDAY 4 AUGUST 2023.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= THOMPSON THICKET PORTAGE AND PIKWITONEI
NELSON HOUSE.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR:
SOUTH INDIAN LAKE AND AMISK PROV. PARK.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 7:40 P.M. CDT.
ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER-SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 90 KM/H.
AT 5:40 PM CDT SATELLITE IMAGERY AND LIGHTNING DETECTION INDICATED
THAT THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NELSON HOUSE AND WAS
MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 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. 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.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
MBSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)MBSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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