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WUCN14 CWHX 072140
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR NEW BRUNSWICK
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:40 P.M. ADT THURSDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2023.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
WESTERN HALF OF RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR:
EDMUNDSTON AND MADAWASKA COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 8:39 P.M. ADT.
AT 6:40 P.M. ADT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS, UP TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES: LOCALLY 30 TO 40 MM PER HOUR IN
THUNDERSTORMS.
MAXIMUM WIND GUSTS: 70 TO 90 KM/H IN THUNDERSTORMS.
LOCATIONS: NORTHWESTERN RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY.
TIME SPAN: CONTINUING UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING.
REMARKS: A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED 30 KM NORTHEAST
OF EDMUNDSTON, HAVE ENTERED EXTREME NORTHWESTERN RESTIGOUCHE COUNTY
AND ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 KM/H. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, SMALL HAIL,
AND STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON ROADS.
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.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
NBSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)NBSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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