Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 7:06 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

Thunderstorm Location: Over Desbarats

Motion: Moving south at 20 km/h

Hazards: Wind: strong (up to 90 km/h) Hail: loonie to ping pong ball size (2.5 to 4.5 cm)

Locations in the Path: Echo River Bar River Gordon Lake Desbarats Richards Landing Bruce Mines Sailors Encampment Hilton Beach

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Local utility outages are likely. Heavy rain may cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility. 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.