WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for:
Elliot Lake - Ranger Lake
Blind River - Thessalon
Current details:
At 3:51 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing up to nickel size hail.
This severe thunderstorm is located near Tower Lake, moving northeast at 40 km/h.
Hazard:
Nickel to quarter size hail.
Locations impacted include:
Bar River, McCluskie Lake, Birch Lake, Desbarats Lake, Bog Lake, Lonely Lake, Tower Lake, Wilson Lake, Gibboney Lake, Gordon Lake, Caribou Lake, Rock Lake, Ottertail Lake, Poplar Dale and Havilah.
Large hail can damage property and cause injury.
Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.
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 [email protected] or post reports on X using #ONStorm.
For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
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