WUCN11 CWTO 012115

ORANGE WARNING - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 5:15 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 1 JULY 2026.

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ORANGE LEVEL WARNING - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM - FOR:

      NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION

      UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION

      INNISFIL - NEW TECUMSETH - ANGUS

      ORILLIA - LAGOON CITY - WASHAGO

      LINDSAY - SOUTHERN KAWARTHA LAKES

      FENELON FALLS - BALSAM LAKE PARK - NORTHERN KAWARTHA LAKES.



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IMPACT LEVEL: HIGH

FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH



==DISCUSSION==



UPDATED OR ENDED BY 7:13 P.M. EDT.



AT 5:14 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND 

HEAVY RAIN.



THUNDERSTORM LOCATION: 

ORILLIA TO ALLISTON 



MOTION: MOVING QUICKLY TO THE EAST AT 80 KM/H 



HAZARDS: 

WIND: DAMAGING (UP TO 100 KM/H) 

THE STRONGEST WINDS MAY BE AHEAD OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. 

RAIN: HEAVY (UP TO 30 MM) 



LOCATIONS IN THE PATH: 

BARRIE, ORILLIA, NEWMARKET, KAWARTHA LAKES, LINDSAY



UTILITY OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS AND/OR 

TREES IS LIKELY. THERE IS A RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY. WHEN THUNDER 

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

CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN 

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING 

HAIL, WIND OR RAIN. 



EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ONTARIO RECOMMENDS THAT YOU TAKE COVER 

IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN ONTARIO, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM. 



FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

HTTPS://WWW.ONTARIO.CA/PAGE/BE-PREPARED-EMERGENCY.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



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