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WWCN15 CWHX 300738

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:38 A.M. ADT SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= PRINCE COUNTY P.E.I.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.



LOCATIONS: PRINCE COUNTY. 



TOTAL FREEZING RAIN AMOUNTS: POSSIBLY UP TO 5 MM. 



FREEZING RAIN DURATION: 4 HOURS. 



SIMILAR STORMS IN THE PAST HAVE CAUSED: 

- CANCELLATIONS OF SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES 

- DISRUPTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS 

- DAMAGE TO TREES AND LOCALIZED UTILITY OUTAGES 



REMARKS: A WARM FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. 

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW ON SUNDAY NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO 

ICE PELLETS THEN FREEZING RAIN ON MONDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN WILL 

THEN TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE MONDAY MORNING.



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

BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. UTILITY OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN RAIN FALLING IN SUB-ZERO 

TEMPERATURES CREATES ICE BUILD-UP AND ICY SURFACES. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

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

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



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



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