Another special weather statement issued

NEWS RELEASE

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR  CITY OF THUNDER BAY - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY.

TO THE EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND NORTH OF LAKE HURON, INCLUDING THE SAULT STE MARIE, ELLIOT LAKE, MANITOULIN AND BLIND RIVER AREAS..

MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO TRACK THROUGH THIS AREA TONIGHT.

RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE, HOWEVER TOTAL AMOUNTS MAY REACH OR EVEN EXCEED 50 MM IN SOME LOCALITIES.

TO THE WEST AND NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR, INCLUDING THE THUNDER BAY, ATIKOKAN, MARATHON AND LAKE NIPIGON AREAS..

MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO TRACK THROUGH THIS AREA BEGINNING LATE TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE HIGHLY VARIABLE, HOWEVER TOTAL AMOUNTS MAY BE AS HIGH AS 50 TO 75 MM IN SOME LOCALITIES.

CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE PRECISE AREAS WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP, AND THUS THE LOCALITIES MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY HEAVIER RAINFALL ALSO REMAINS IN QUESTION AT THIS TIME.

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