Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 12:51 p.m. CDT (1:51 p.m. EDT), Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

A cluster of thunderstorms stretching from Little Sachigo Lake to Island Lake, MB and is tracking east at about 80 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: Pierce Lake, Seeber Lake, East Lake, Ponask 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.