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WUCN12 CWTO 141854
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 2:54 P.M. EDT FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2025.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 4:52 P.M. EDT.
AT 2:53 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS, UP
TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 5 KILOMETRES WEST OF ST. JOSEPH
ISLAND, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 KM/H.
HAZARD:
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE:
ST. JOSEPH ISLAND, LAKE GEORGE, NEEBISH, ECHO BAY, BAR RIVER,
MACLENNAN, MCCLUSKIE LAKE, DESBARATS LAKE, BOG LAKE AND GIBBONEY
LAKE.
TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY, IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. LARGE
HAIL CAN DAMAGE PROPERTY AND CAUSE INJURY. 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.
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE COVER
IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
HTTPS://WWW.ONTARIO.CA/PAGE/BE-PREPARED-EMERGENCY.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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