WUCN15 CWWG 190051
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR SOUTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:51 P.M. MDT THURSDAY 18 JULY 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= RED DEER CO. NEAR ELNORA LOUSANA AND DELBURNE
=NEW= CO. OF STETTLER NEAR BIG VALLEY
      CO. OF STETTLER NEAR STETTLER NEVIS AND ROCHON SANDS.

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==DISCUSSION==

UPDATED OR ENDED BY 8:49 P.M. MDT.

AT 6:50 P.M. MDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A 
CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND 
GUSTS, NICKEL TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED 15 KM SOUTH OF ERSKINE, NEAR 
EWING LAKE, AND IS HEADING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 KM/H. THERE IS ANOTHER 
THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEVIS, AND ANOTHER ONE JUST SOUTHEAST OF WARDEN. 
LARGE ACCUMULATIONS OF HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY, IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. HEAVY 
DOWNPOURS ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON 
ROADS. LIGHTNING KILLS AND INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. REMEMBER, 
WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN IMMINENT OR OCCURRING 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE OR ARE PRODUCING ONE OR MORE OF 
THE FOLLOWING: LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 

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.

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