WWCN11 CWHX 032058 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:58 P.M. ADT THURSDAY 3 JULY 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR: =NEW= KINGS COUNTY. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES: 25 MM PER HOUR OR HIGHER. LOCATIONS: KINGS COUNTY. TIME SPAN: CONTINUING UNTIL LATER THIS EVENING. REMARKS: A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION COULD PRODUCE A SHORT PERIOD OF LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS OVER SOME AREAS. WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) LIGHTNING KILLS AND INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS TO VISIBILITY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE ISSUED WHEN CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 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 X USING (HASH)NSSTORM. HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA END/ASPC