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WUCN11 CWHX 152117
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:17 P.M. ADT THURSDAY 15 AUGUST 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
PICTOU COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 8:16 P.M. ADT.
AT 6:17 P.M. ADT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.
MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES: 25 TO 35 MM PER HOUR, POSSIBLY HIGHER.
LOCATIONS: SOUTHEASTERN PICTOU COUNTY.
TIME SPAN: CONTINUING UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING.
REMARKS: RADAR INDICATES INTENSE DOWNPOURS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A
NEAR STATIONARY CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS 20 KM SOUTH OF NEW GLASGOW.
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
NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)NSSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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