****0000001598**** WWCN16 CWWG 082223 WIND WARNING FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:23 P.M. MDT TUESDAY 8 OCTOBER 2024. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WIND WARNING FOR: =NEW= SPRUCE GROVE - MORINVILLE - MAYERTHORPE - EVANSBURG =NEW= WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA =NEW= YELLOWHEAD CO. NEAR PEERS AND NITON JUNCTION =NEW= WOODLANDS CO. NEAR CARSON-PEGASUS PROV. PARK =NEW= WOODLANDS CO. NEAR GOOSE LAKE =NEW= WOODLANDS CO. NEAR WHITECOURT AND BLUE RIDGE =NEW= BIG LAKES COUNTY NEAR SWAN HILLS =NEW= BIG LAKES COUNTY NEAR DRIFTPILE FAUST AND KINUSO =NEW= M.D. OF LESSER SLAVE RIVER NEAR SLAVE LAKE AND SAULTEAUX =NEW= M.D. OF LESSER SLAVE RIVER NEAR MARTEN BEACH =NEW= M.D. OF LESSER SLAVE RIVER NEAR SMITH AND FAWCETT LAKE =NEW= M.D. OF OPPORTUNITY NEAR CALLING AND ROCK ISLAND LAKES =NEW= ATHABASCA CO. NEAR WANDERING RIVER. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== STRONG WINDS THAT MAY CAUSE DAMAGE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS, WITH GUSTS UP TO 90 KM/H ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS EVENING AS SHOWERS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. WINDS WILL WEAKEN THIS EVENING. DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS, SUCH AS TO ROOF SHINGLES AND WINDOWS, MAY OCCUR. HIGH WINDS MAY TOSS LOOSE OBJECTS OR CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ABSTORM. HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA END/PASPC