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WWCN15 CWWG 172056
ORANGE WARNING - WIND
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 1:56 P.M. MST WEDNESDAY 17 DECEMBER 2025.
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ORANGE LEVEL WARNING - WIND - FOR:
M.D. OF WILLOW CREEK NEAR CLARESHOLM AND STAVELY
CO. OF NEWELL NEAR SCANDIA AND KINBROOK ISLAND PROV. PARK
M.D. OF TABER NEAR ENCHANT
CYPRESS CO. NEAR SUFFIELD AND HWY 879
CO. OF NEWELL NEAR TILLEY AND ROLLING HILLS
CYPRESS CO. NEAR BOWELL AND REDCLIFF
CYPRESS CO. NEAR SEVEN PERSONS
CYPRESS CO. NEAR DUNMORE AND WOOLCHESTER
CYPRESS CO. NEAR IRVINE AND WALSH
CITY OF MEDICINE HAT
CO. OF FORTY MILE NEAR BOW ISLAND AND WHITLA
CYPRESS HILLS PROVINCIAL PARK - FOREMOST
LETHBRIDGE - TABER - MILK RIVER
CARDSTON - FORT MACLEOD - MAGRATH
CROWSNEST PASS - PINCHER CREEK - WATERTON LAKES NAT. PARK.
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IMPACT LEVEL: HIGH
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH
==DISCUSSION==
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.
WESTERLY WINDS COULD STILL GUST UP TO 130 KM/H OVER SOUTHWESTERN
ALBERTA EAST TO LETHBRIDGE THIS AFTERNOON.
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GUST UP TO 120 KM/H OVER SOUTHEASTERN ALBERTA
THIS AFTERNOON AS WELL.
UTILITY OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE VERY
DIFFICULT. HIGH-SIDED VEHICLES COULD BE OVERTURNED BY THE WIND. BE
PREPARED TO ADAPT YOUR DRIVING FOR CHANGING CONDITIONS.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING
(HASH)ABSTORM.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALERTING PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENT/WEATHER/SEVEREWEATHER/WEATHER-ALERTS/COLOUR-CODED-ALERTS.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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