Special Weather Statement Issued

Environment Canada

(Locations listed below description)

Significant rainfall is possible Friday night.

Total rainfall: 25 to 45 mm. Locally higher amounts possible.

Locations: Central and parts of northern New Brunswick.

Time span: Friday afternoon continuing overnight.

Remarks: Rain is expected to begin Friday afternoon and may become heavy, at times, over some areas. Embedded thunderstorms bringing locally gusty winds are likely. The rain will taper off from West to East by Saturday morning.

There remains significant uncertainty with both the timing and strength of this rainfall. As the system Approaches from the St Lawrence River Valley rainfall warnings or thunderstorm watches may be required.

Dry ground has a reduced ability to absorb heavy downpours. Heavy rain can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads. Localized flooding in low-lying areas is also possible. Rainfall warnings are issued by meteorologists when at least 50 mm of rain is forecast to fall in a 24 hour period. Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when a local area is receiving 25mm/h from a thunderstorm.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to nbstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #NBStorm.

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