Yellow Warning - Severe Thunderstorm

At 10:05 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain.

Thunderstorm Location: 20 km south of Fort Irwin Silver Lake Provincial Park Bells Corners

Motion: Moving quickly to the southeast at 70 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: Perth Osgoode Smiths Falls Northbrook Merrickville Apsley Athens Iroquois Lyn Verona

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