Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued

Environment Canada

(Locations listed below description)

Updated or ended by 4:27 P.M. Cdt (5:27 P.M. Edt).

At 3:43 P.M. Cdt (4:43 P.M. Edt), Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking an area of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts and up to nickel size hail.

This area of severe thunderstorms is located from sunray Lake to bell Lake, moving southeast at 40 km/h.

Hazard: 80 km/h wind gusts and nickel size hail.

Locations impacted include: Bell Lake, post Lake, glitter Lake, shikag Lake, seseganaga Lake, sunray Lake and Antler Lake.

Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Strong wind gusts can toss loose objects, damage weak buildings, break branches off trees and overturn large vehicles. Lightning kills and injures canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

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@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information: Https://www.Ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.

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