Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 6:51 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking an area of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts and loonie to ping pong ball size hail.

Thunderstorm Location: About 65 km north of Pledger Lake

Motion: Moving to the southeast at 50 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: Muswabik Lake Trilsbeck Lake Pitukupi Lake Pledger Lake Jaab Lake Sandbank Lake

A second thunderstorm is located about 30 km northwest of Little Current River Provincial Park

Motion: Moving southeast at 45 km/h

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

Locations in the Path: Little Current River Provincial Park

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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.