Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 6:55 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

Thunderstorm Line Location: 20 km north of Alexander Lake Forest Provincial Park to Hornell Heights to St. Charles

Motion: Moving quickly to the southeast at 70 km/h

Hazards: Wind: damaging (90 - 110 km/h) Hail: up to quarter size (up to 2.5 cm) Rain: heavy (15 - 50 mm)

Locations in the Path: Sturgeon Falls North Bay Mattawa

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Local utility outages are likely. Large hail may cause significant damage and injury.

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