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WWCN11 CWTO 280223

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 10:23 P.M. EDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND

=NEW= PICTON - SANDBANKS PARK

=NEW= NAPANEE - CONSECON.



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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 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. SOME AREAS MAY SEE 

A BRIEF BREAK OR WEAKENING OF THE FREEZING RAIN ON SATURDAY. 



AREAS NEAR LAKE ONTARIO MAY SEE LESSER AMOUNTS OF ICE IF 

TEMPERATURES MODERATE AND PRECIPITATION FALLS AS RAIN.



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

POSTPONING NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 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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