WOCN11 CWHX 070119 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NOVA SCOTIA UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 10:19 P.M. ADT WEDNESDAY 6 MAY 2026. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY RICHMOND COUNTY INVERNESS COUNTY - SOUTH OF MABOU INVERNESS COUNTY - MABOU AND NORTH VICTORIA COUNTY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. LOCATIONS: EASTERN SHORE AND CAPE BRETON. TIMING: BEGINNING THURSDAY, CONTINUING INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. POSSIBLE RAINFALL: 40 TO 60 MM. REMARKS: THERE REMAINS CONSIDERABLE VARIABILITY IN THE LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FORECAST. SOME AREAS COULD SEE RATES OF 5 TO 10 MM PER HOUR. RAINFALL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED. 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 X USING (HASH)NSSTORM. HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA END/ASPC