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WOCN11 CWTO 261817

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 2:17 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

=NEW= GATINEAU

=NEW= CITY OF TORONTO

=NEW= HALTON - PEEL

=NEW= YORK - DURHAM

=NEW= MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY

=NEW= GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY

=NEW= DUFFERIN - INNISFIL

=NEW= GREY - BRUCE

=NEW= BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND

=NEW= BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND

=NEW= KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD

=NEW= PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES

=NEW= STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC

=NEW= BANCROFT - BON ECHO PARK

=NEW= BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE

=NEW= CITY OF OTTAWA

=NEW= PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL

=NEW= CORNWALL - MORRISBURG

=NEW= SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE

=NEW= PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA

=NEW= HALIBURTON

=NEW= RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY

=NEW= ALGONQUIN

=NEW= BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.



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==DISCUSSION==



POTENT SPRING ICE STORM LIKELY. 



WHAT: 

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION FROM FREEZING RAIN, WITH GENERAL AMOUNTS 

OF 5 TO 15 MM. ACCRETION AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 MM ARE POSSIBLE 

OVER SOME AREAS. 

LOCAL SNOWFALL AND ICE PELLET ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 15 CM, MAINLY 

FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO. 

POSSIBLE UTILITY OUTAGES. 

SLIPPERY SURFACES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES FROM ICE BUILD-UP. 



WHEN: 

LATE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN A WIDESPREAD, PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN 

EVENT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO. THE SWATH 

OF MAXIMUM ICE ACCRETION IS STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT, BUT 

CONFIDENCE IS HIGHEST FOR AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN ONTARIO 

BETWEEN PARRY SOUND AND KINGSTON. WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE 

EVENT DRAWS NEARER.



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. TO 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN GATINEAU, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

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



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