WUCN12 CWTO 272259 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6:59 P.M. EDT SATURDAY 27 JULY 2024. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR: ARMSTRONG - AUDEN - WABAKIMI PARK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ENDED FOR: NAKINA - AROLAND - PAGWA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== UPDATED OR ENDED BY 8:58 P.M. EDT. AT 6:59 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS AND UP TO TOONIE SIZE HAIL. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 12 KILOMETRES NORTHEAST OF MUD RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 55 KM/H. HAZARD: 90 KM/H WIND GUSTS AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE: FALCON LAKE AND FAUBERT 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(EXCLAMATION MARK) 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(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ONSTORM. FOR MORE INFORMATION: HTTPS://WWW.ONTARIO.CA/PAGE/BE-PREPARED-EMERGENCY. HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA END/OSPC