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WWCN11 CWTO 280209

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 10:09 P.M. EDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= MIDLAND - COLDWATER - ORR LAKE

=NEW= ORILLIA - LAGOON CITY - WASHAGO

=NEW= KINGSTON - ODESSA - FRONTENAC ISLANDS

=NEW= PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES

=NEW= STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC

=NEW= KALADAR - BANNOCKBURN - BON ECHO PARK

=NEW= GANANOQUE - MALLORYTOWN

=NEW= PORT CARLING - PORT SEVERN

=NEW= BRACEBRIDGE - GRAVENHURST

=NEW= TOWN OF PARRY SOUND - ROSSEAU - KILLBEAR PARK

=NEW= HALIBURTON - MINDEN - SOUTHERN HALIBURTON COUNTY.



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==DISCUSSION==



MAJOR ICE STORM THIS WEEKEND. 



WHAT: 

PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. 

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION. GENERAL ICE ACCRETION AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 15 

MM, WITH AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 MM POSSIBLE. 

WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. 

ICY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 



WHEN: 

FRIDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

THE AREA WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN OVER THE UPCOMING 

WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW OR RAIN BEFORE CHANGING 

OVER TO FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY EVENING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME 

LIGHTER FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME FOR SOME AREAS ON SATURDAY. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO RAIN ON SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE 

ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK.



TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN WALKING OR DRIVING IN AFFECTED AREAS. ICE 

BUILD-UP MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK. PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA 

ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY PLAN AND GET AN EMERGENCY 

KIT WITH DRINKING WATER, FOOD, MEDICINE, A FIRST-AID KIT AND A 

FLASHLIGHT. FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY PLANS AND KITS GO TO 

HTTPS://WWW.GETPREPARED.GC.CA/. 



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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