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WWCN11 CWTO 280946
FREEZING RAIN WARNING
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:46 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2025.
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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
BANCROFT - HASTINGS HIGHLANDS - DENBIGH
BROCKVILLE - PRESCOTT
WESTPORT - CHARLESTON LAKE
MERRICKVILLE-WOLFORD - KEMPTVILLE
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 5 TO 15 CM.
WHEN:
THIS 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
TONIGHT. 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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