WUCN11 CWHX 311933

YELLOW WARNING - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

FOR NOVA SCOTIA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:33 P.M. ADT FRIDAY 31 JULY 2026.

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YELLOW LEVEL WARNING - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM - FOR:

=NEW= LUNENBURG COUNTY

=NEW= QUEENS COUNTY

      SHELBURNE COUNTY.



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IMPACT LEVEL: MODERATE

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH



==DISCUSSION==



UPDATED OR ENDED BY 6:29 P.M. ADT.



AT 4:32 P.M. ADT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS: UPPER OHIO TO LAPLAND 



MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES: LOCALLY 25 TO 35 MM PER HOUR IN 

THUNDERSTORMS. 



TIME SPAN: UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. 



REMARKS: SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE A LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM UPPER OHIO TO LAPLAND, AND IS MOVING 

SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE 

THUNDERSTORMS.



DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. WHEN 

THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) LIGHTNING KILLS AND 

INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN IMMINENT OR OCCURRING 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL, WIND OR RAIN. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

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

NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING 

(HASH)NSSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



END/ASPC



WUCN11 CWHX 311933

YELLOW WARNING - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

FOR NOVA SCOTIA

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:33 P.M. ADT FRIDAY 31 JULY 2026.

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YELLOW LEVEL WARNING - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM - FOR:

=NEW= HANTS COUNTY.



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IMPACT LEVEL: MODERATE

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH



==DISCUSSION==



UPDATED OR ENDED BY 6:32 P.M. ADT.



AT 4:33 P.M. ADT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.



LOCATIONS: STANLEY (HANTS), CLARKSVILLE, GORE, KENNETCOOK, NOEL 

ROAD, UPPER KENNETCOOK, FIVE MILE RIVER, MOUNT UNIACKE AND EAST 

UNIACKE, 



MAXIMUM RAINFALL RATES: LOCALLY 20 TO 30 MM PER HOUR IN 

THUNDERSTORMS. 



TIME SPAN: UNTIL EARLY THIS EVENING. 



REMARKS: SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGERY INDICATE A NARROW BAND OF 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM STANLEY TO FIVE MILE RIVER, AND IS MOVING SLOWLY 

TO THE NORTHEAST. ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR 

MOUNT UNIACKE IS SLOWLY MOVING NORTHEAST. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE 

ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.



DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. WHEN 

THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) LIGHTNING KILLS AND 

INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. DON'T DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN IMMINENT OR OCCURRING 

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING HAIL, WIND OR RAIN. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

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

NSSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING 

(HASH)NSSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



END/ASPC