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WUCN15 CWHX 181250
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:50 A.M. ADT THURSDAY 18 JULY 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= QUEENS COUNTY P.E.I.
=NEW= KINGS COUNTY P.E.I.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 11:48 A.M. ADT.
AT 9:49 A.M. ADT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY
RAIN.
MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES: 20 TO 30 MM PER HOUR IN THUNDERSTORMS.
LOCATIONS: IN THE PATH INCLUDE: FLAT RIVER, WOOD ISLANDS, MURRAY
RIVER, MONTAGUE.
TIME SPAN: ENDING LATER THIS MORNING.
REMARKS: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS
LOCATED OVER FLAT RIVER AND IS MOVING EAST AT 40 KM/H.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON ROADS.
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
PESTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)PESTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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