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WUCN11 CWHX 161802
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 3:02 P.M. ADT FRIDAY 16 AUGUST 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= INVERNESS COUNTY - MABOU AND NORTH
=NEW= VICTORIA COUNTY.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 5:01 P.M. ADT.
AT 3:02 P.M. ADT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.
POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES: 25 TO 35 MM PER HOUR.
LOCATIONS: CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK.
TIME SPAN: THIS AFTERNOON.
REMARKS: A NEAR STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS
NATIONAL PARK IS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS.
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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