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WWCN11 CWTO 280238

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 10:38 P.M. EDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= BROCKVILLE - PRESCOTT

=NEW= MERRICKVILLE-WOLFORD - KEMPTVILLE

      BANCROFT - HASTINGS HIGHLANDS - DENBIGH

      WESTPORT - CHARLESTON LAKE

      PLEVNA - SHARBOT LAKE - WESTERN LANARK COUNTY

      HUNTSVILLE - BAYSVILLE

      OXTONGUE LAKE - FORT IRWIN - NORTHERN HALIBURTON COUNTY

      BAYFIELD INLET - DUNCHURCH.



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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 15 MM POSSIBLE. 

WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. 

ICY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 

POSSIBLE SNOW AND ICE PELLET ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 12 CM. 



WHEN: 

FRIDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

THE AREA WILL RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN OVER THE UPCOMING 

WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW OR ICE PELLETS 

WITH SOME ACCUMULATIONS, BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN 

FRIDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN MAY BECOME LIGHTER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME 

FOR SOME AREAS ON SATURDAY OR SATURDAY NIGHT. FREEZING RAIN WILL 

CHANGE TO RAIN LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE 

THE FREEZING MARK.



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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