WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for:
Kitchener - Cambridge - Region of Waterloo
Current details:
At 3:31 p.m., Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing heavy rain.
This line of severe thunderstorms is located from Stratford to Petersburg, moving southwest at 20 km/h.
Hazard:
Locally heavy rainfall of 50 mm within one hour.
Locations impacted include:
Tavistock, New Hamburg, Baden and Petersburg.
Heavy downpours can cause flash floods and water pooling on roads.
Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!
The Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management 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 for Ontario, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
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