100Km/h thunderstorm warning - 2cm hail

[Red Squirrel]

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 8:11 PM EDT FRIDAY 18 JUNE 2004.
WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS
=NEW= LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE.

AT 8.00 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED FROM 20
KILOMETRES WEST KESAGAMI LAKE TO KATTAWAGAMI LAKE TO 20
KILOMETRES EAST OF IROQUOIS FALLS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH 2 CENTIMETRES HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO
100 KM/H. THIS LINE IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 70 KM/H AND WILL
WEAKEN IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS.

THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. REMEMBER SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCE TORNADOES..LISTEN FOR UPDATED WARNINGS. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS TAKING COVER IMMEDIATELY WHEN
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:
KAPUSKASING - HEARST
TIMMINS - COCHRANE.

POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING.

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY
PRECAUTIONS.

==DISCUSSION==
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT OVER THE
ABOVE REGIONS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. THE STORMS
SHOULD BEGIN TO WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.


The warning is no longer in affect now, but here are some pics of what will pass beside us (it's more north of us).




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[Wren]

You better head to the basement.

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[Red Squirrel]

Yeah looks like a tornado/huricane or something. We can't get huricanes here since they come from water (sea) but a tornado could be possible. I don't think it's ever happened but it's naturally possible so... well this is scary.

But it seems to have passed us, it's a line just like the warning says and last time I checked it was a good portion going east, and the whole thing is more in the north so it's not on top of us.

I sort of was hoping to get it though, since it really looks like an exciting storm. I love storms like this. I helped my mom put all the flowers in the shed and in the house, oh the excitement! We're suppost to get -2 tonight though so there will probably be a frost.

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[Chris Vogel]

I really like storms. That is, if they don’t cause too much damage. There is nothing more peaceful than the time before a storm. Quiet…Dark…Windy…

You don’t get this sort of thing often, do you?

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[Red Squirrel]

No it's rare we get storms. We usually get 2-3 thunderstorms durring the summer. (that's like 1 per week... J/K)

The warning still has not been updated so it's not coming, but it is windy so we're getting part of it. But I was watching it and it was just heading east and passing right beside us. I wish I had one of those satelites they use to look down on the earth it would be interesting to watch storms like this.

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[Red Squirrel]

It's gone now.

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:52 PM EDT FRIDAY 18 JUNE 2004.
WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENDED FOR:
KAPUSKASING - HEARST
TIMMINS - COCHRANE.

==DISCUSSION==
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH IS NOW CANCELLED.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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