Update on Sault and area rainfall warnings

ENVIRONMENT CANADA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ************************* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - BLIND RIVER - THESSALON.

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL POSSIBLE TODAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR: SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND - SEARCHMONT - MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR - BATCHAWANA BAY.

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STATIONARY FOR THE NEXT A COUPLE OF DAYS.

THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO GIVE THE ABOVE REGIONS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY.

SHOWERS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES DUE TO EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE WITH ADDITIONAL 15 TO 25 MM LIKELY IN A FEW AREAS BY THIS EVENING.

HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE QUITE

POSSIBLE LOCALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS.

NOTE THAT THE EXPECTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FALL BELOW ENVIRONMENT CANADA'S RAINFALL WARNING CRITERIA OF 50 MM IN A 24 HOUR PERIOD.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA IS CLOSELY MONITORING THE SITUATION AND WILL ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS IF REQUIRED.

PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA.

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