WWCN15 CWHX 032148

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

FOR PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 6:48 P.M. ADT THURSDAY 3 JULY 2025.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:

=NEW= PRINCE COUNTY P.E.I.



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==DISCUSSION==



CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE 

THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS, 

LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.



POTENTIAL RAINFALL RATES: 25 MM PER HOUR OR HIGHER. 



POTENTIAL WIND GUSTS: 70 TO 90 KM/H. 



LOCATIONS: PRINCE COUNTY. 



TIME SPAN: LATE THIS EVENING. 



REMARKS: A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST ACROSS THE 

NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 

HAIL, TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS, AND STRONG WINDS.



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 

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



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