Yellow Watch - Severe Thunderstorm

Conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain.

Locations: Burin Peninsula, Avalon Peninsula.

Potential rainfall rates: locally 15 to 25 mm per hour in thunderstorms.

Time span: this evening.

Remarks: An area of showers and thunderstorms is moving across southeastern Newfoundland. The public can expect frequent showers and scattered thunderstorms giving brief periods of very heavy rain.

Local rainfall totals could range between 30 and 50 mm by midnight, with locally higher amounts in severe thunderstorms.

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Heavy rain can cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility. Severe thunderstorm watches are issued when conditions are favourable for the development of thunderstorms capable of producing damaging hail, wind or rain.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NLstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NLwx.