Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 12:28 p.m. CDT (1:28 p.m. EDT), Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

Thunderstorm Line Location: From 35 km (35 km) north of Kasabonika to 40 km (42 km) southwest of Summer Beaver

Motion: Moving quickly to the northeast at 70 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: Kasabonika Shibogama Lake Summer Beaver Wapikopa 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.