Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 6:29 a.m. CDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging wind gusts and loonie to ping pong ball size hail.

Thunderstorm Location: About 67 km east of Deer Lake

Motion: Moving quickly to the east at 60 km/h

Hazards: Wind: damaging (90 - 110 km/h) Hail: loonie to ping pong ball size (2.5 to 4.5 cm) Rain: heavy (15 - 50 mm)

Locations in the Path: Bear Head Lake Sandy Lake North Spirit Lake McCoy Lake

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Local utility outages are likely. Damage to roofs, fences, soft shelters or trees is likely. Large hail may cause significant damage and injury.

Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are expected to produce damaging hail, wind or rain.