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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 11:55 P.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 2 JULY 2025.

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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR:

      LLOYDMINSTER - WAINWRIGHT - VERMILION - PROVOST

      BONNYVILLE - ST. PAUL - COLD LAKE - LAC LA BICHE

      FORT MCMURRAY - FORT MACKAY

      FORT CHIPEWYAN - WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK.



SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENDED FOR:

      CITY OF EDMONTON - ST. ALBERT - SHERWOOD PARK

      SPRUCE GROVE - MORINVILLE - MAYERTHORPE - EVANSBURG

      FORT SASKATCHEWAN - VEGREVILLE - REDWATER - SMOKY LAKE

      DRAYTON VALLEY - DEVON - RIMBEY - PIGEON LAKE

      LEDUC - CAMROSE - WETASKIWIN - TOFIELD

      WESTLOCK - BARRHEAD - ATHABASCA

      WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS

      SLAVE LAKE

      WABASCA - PEERLESS LAKE - GIFT LAKE - CADOTTE LAKE

      HIGH LEVEL - RAINBOW LAKE - FORT VERMILION - MACKENZIE HWY.



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==DISCUSSION==



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT OVER NORTHEASTERN ALBERTA. SOME 

OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE, GIVING LARGE HAIL, AND STRONG 

WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN.



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

INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. 



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 

ABSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA, CALL 1-800-239-0484 OR POST REPORTS ON X USING 

(HASH)ABSTORM.



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