425  
WOCN11 CWWG 200000  
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA  
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA  
AT 7:00 P.M. CDT FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026.  
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:  
STEINBACH - ST. ADOLPHE - EMERSON - VITA - RICHER  
SPRAGUE - NORTHWEST ANGLE PROVINCIAL FOREST.  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:  
CITY OF WINNIPEG  
PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE - HEADINGLEY - BRUNKILD - CARMAN  
MORDEN - WINKLER - ALTONA - MORRIS  
WHITESHELL - LAC DU BONNET - PINAWA  
BRANDON - NEEPAWA - CARBERRY - TREHERNE  
KILLARNEY - PILOT MOUND - MANITOU.  
 
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==DISCUSSION==  
 
CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS  
TODAY.  
 
WEAK THUNDERSHOWERS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHWEST  
MANITOBA AND THE RED RIVER VALLEY. MULTIPLE BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE  
BEEN REPORTED. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO TRACK SOUTHEAST INTO ONTARIO AND  
THE US, WEAKENING EARLY THIS EVENING.  
 
THESE TYPES OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE GENERATED BY WEAK ROTATION UNDER  
RAPIDLY GROWING CLOUDS OR WEAK THUNDERSTORMS. THIS WEAK ROTATION IS  
NORMALLY NOT A DANGER NEAR THE GROUND. HOWEVER, THERE IS A CHANCE  
THAT THIS ROTATION COULD INTENSIFY AND BECOME A WEAK LANDSPOUT  
TORNADO.  
 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME MORE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF  
LANDSPOUT TORNADOES, WATCHES AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.  
 
LANDSPOUT TORNADOES DO NOT USUALLY CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE BUT CAN  
STILL BE DANGEROUS. THEY CAN BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TOPPLE TREES,  
DAMAGE ROOFS OR TOSS DEBRIS SHORT DISTANCES.  
 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO  
MBSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING  
(HASH)MBSTORM.  
 
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
 
END/PASPC  
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