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Severe thunderstorm warning for northern Wellington County (UPDATE: ended)

Possible hail and very strong winds
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12:45 p.m.: Environment Canada has ended the alert.

WEATHER WARNING
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Severe thunderstorm warning issued for:
   Mount Forest - Arthur - Northern Wellington County, Ont. (046410)

Current details:
At 12:07 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts, pea to dime size hail and heavy rain.

Take cover immediately, if threatening weather approaches. Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year. Remember, when thunder roars, go indoors!

Emergency Management Ontario recommends that you take cover immediately if threatening weather approaches.

Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are likely to produce or are producing one or more of the following: large hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

For more information: https://www.ontario.ca/page/be-prepared-emergency.

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