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WOCN11 CWTO 010944

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 5:44 A.M. EDT TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      CALEDON

      HALTON HILLS - MILTON

      YORK - DURHAM

      HURON - PERTH

      WATERLOO - WELLINGTON

      DUFFERIN - INNISFIL

      GREY - BRUCE

      BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND

      BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND

      KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD

      PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES

      STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC

      BANCROFT - BON ECHO PARK

      BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE

      CITY OF OTTAWA

      PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL

      CORNWALL - MORRISBURG

      SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE

      PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA

      HALIBURTON

      RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY

      ALGONQUIN

      BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN, FOLLOWED BY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL MIDWEEK. 



WHAT: 

FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCRETION OF 2 TO 5 MM ON SOME SURFACES. 

SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 

BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. 

ICE BUILD-UP MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK. 

RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 20 TO 40 MM. LOCALLY 

HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. 



WHEN: 

WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

THIS FREEZING RAIN EVENT WILL NOT BE NEARLY AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE 

ICE STORM FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND. 



THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN BEGINS EAST OF LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY 

MORNING BEFORE REACHING EASTERN ONTARIO LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 

INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW AND ICE 

PELLETS, ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN ONTARIO. EASTERLY WINDS 

GUSTING TO NEAR 50 KM/H ON WEDNESDAY MAY EXACERBATE ANY TREE DAMAGE. 



AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK, FREEZING RAIN WILL 

TRANSITION TO RAIN OVER SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO THROUGH WEDNESDAY 

AFTERNOON AND ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN ONTARIO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

FOR LOCATIONS ALONG THE OTTAWA RIVER, FREEZING RAIN MAY PERSIST INTO 

EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED AS THE EVENT DRAWS 

NEARER. 



LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. 



FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FLOODING, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR LOCAL 

CONSERVATION AUTHORITY OR ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 

OFFICE. VISIT ONTARIO.CA/FLOODS FOR THE LATEST DETAILS.



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN ONTARIO, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



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