WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Issued at 2023-08-25 00:33 UTC by Environment Canada:
Severe thunderstorm warning issued for:
Guelph - Erin - Southern Wellington County
Kitchener - Cambridge - Region of Waterloo
Current details:
At 8:33 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, nickel to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.
This severe thunderstorm is located near Elmira, moving southeast at 40 km/h.
Locations impacted include:
Waterloo, Elmira, St. Clements, Hawkesville, Wallenstein, Heidelberg, West Kitchener, St. Jacobs, Conestogo, West Montrose, Winterbourne, Bloomingdale, Maryhill, Ariss and Ennotville.
Large hail can damage property and cause injury. Intense lightning is likely with any thunderstorm that develops.
Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches.
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 in Ontario, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.
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