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WWCN31 CWHX 161125
HURRICANE WATCH
FOR EASTERN CANADA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 8:25 A.M. ADT SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2023.
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HURRICANE WATCH FOR:
HALIFAX METRO AND HALIFAX COUNTY WEST
HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE
LUNENBURG COUNTY
QUEENS COUNTY
SHELBURNE COUNTY
YARMOUTH COUNTY
DIGBY COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT POST-TROPICAL STORM LEE COULD BRING
NEAR-HURRICANE CONDITIONS.
THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND INTO THIS
EVENING WITH WINDS POTENTIALLY GUSTING AS HIGH AS 120 KM/H. HEAVY
SURF AND STORM SURGE IS EXPECTED FROM THE YARMOUTH COUNTY SHORELINE
AND ALL ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST OF NOVA SCOTIA TO THE CANSO AREA.
CONDITIONS WILL BE THE WORST WITH THE HIGH TIDE LATER THIS MORNING
TO NOON. A SURGE WARNING IS IN EFFECT AS WELL.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE HURRICANE WATCH ZONE.
WINDS OF 70 GUSTING TO 100 KM/H ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS
COULD RESULT IN THE TOPPLING OF SOME TREES AND POSSIBLY MINOR
PROPERTY DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO SOME INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE COASTLINE
IS TO BE EXPECTED.
A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER
PARTS OF THE REGION WITHIN 36 HOURS. HURRICANE CONDITIONS INCLUDE
(A) SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 120 KM/H OR MORE, AND/OR (B) SIGNIFICANTLY
ELEVATED WATER LEVELS AND DANGEROUS SURF ALONG THE COAST.
BY NATURE, A HURRICANE ALSO IMPLIES THE THREAT OF LOCAL FLOODING
FROM HEAVY RAINFALL - CONSULT YOUR LOCAL AREA FORECAST FOR POSSIBLE
RAINFALL WARNINGS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN HURRICANE
CENTRE AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. REPORTS OF STORM
CONDITIONS AND IMPACTS CAN BE EMAILED DIRECTLY TO
NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR BY TWEETING REPORTS BY PROVINCE USING
(HASH)NSSTORM, (HASH)NBSTORM, (HASH)PESTORM, (HASH)NLWX,
(HASH)QCSTORM OR (HASH)ONSTORM.
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