Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 4:25 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

Location: Near Onion Lake

Motion: Moving southeast at 60 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: Onion Lake Wild Goose Amethyst Harbour Loon Pass Lake Sleeping Giant Provincial Park Silver Islet

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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.