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WWCN12 CWTO 211523

FLASH FREEZE WARNING

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 11:23 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2025.

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FLASH FREEZE WARNING FOR:

      MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE

      KAPUSKASING - HEARST

      TIMMINS - COCHRANE.



FLASH FREEZE WARNING ENDED FOR:

      NAKINA - AROLAND - PAGWA.



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==DISCUSSION==



TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL RAPIDLY. SLUSH AND ANY FALLING 

PRECIPITATION WILL FREEZE AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. 



WHAT: 

WATER FROM MELTING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE SUDDENLY, ESPECIALLY 

ON UNTREATED SURFACES. 



WHEN: 

THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA BEGINNING EARLY THIS 

AFTERNOON ALONG HIGHWAY 11 NEAR KLOTZ LAKE AND WILL REACH THE 

TIMMINS AREA THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY 

PLUNGE BELOW THE FREEZING MARK IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. ANY 

WET SURFACES DUE TO SNOW MELT MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.



SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 

BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN WALKING OR DRIVING IN 

AFFECTED AREAS. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

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



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