said by donoreo:And much of southern Ontario from London to Cornwall to Parry Sound/ Muskoka to Hamilton. Just issued at 1:15.
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WWCN11 CWTO 212158
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:58 PM EDT FRIDAY 21 MARCH 2014.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...
FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
CITY OF TORONTO
LONDON - PARKHILL - EASTERN MIDDLESEX COUNTY
OXFORD - BRANT
CITY OF HAMILTON
HALTON - PEEL
VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM
PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION
HURON - PERTH
WATERLOO - WELLINGTON.
A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT.
IT MAY BE THE FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING, BUT IT'S NO SURPRISE
THAT MOTHER NATURE IS STILL IN A WINTERY MOOD. A POTENT
DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER MINNESOTA IS EXPECTED TO CARVE A
PATH ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT WITH THE CENTRE OF LOW
PRESSURE LIKELY TO CROSS THE TORONTO AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN IS
EXPECTED BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING NEAR LAKE HURON REACHING
THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. IT WILL END
QUICKLY FROM WEST TO EAST LATER TONIGHT, BUT NOT BEFORE
DELIVERING SEVERAL CENTIMETRES OF SNOW FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN. THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN MAY COME DOWN QUITE
HEAVILY AT TIMES IN THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. MOST OF THE SNOW
PRECEDING THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM HURON-PERTH TO
TORONTO AND VERY LITTLE FROM LONDON TO HAMILTON. ALTHOUGH THE
DURATION OF FREEZING RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SIGNIFICANT,
THE ACCUMULATION OF A FEW MILLIMETRES OF ICE MAY LEAD TO
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON UNTREATED ROADS.
TRAVELLERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION LATER TONIGHT DUE TO POOR
VISIBILITIES IN HEAVY SNOW FOLLOWED BY SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON
UNTREATED ROADS.
SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION
UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION
DUFFERIN - INNISFIL
SAUGEEN SHORES - KINCARDINE - SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY
HANOVER - DUNDALK - SOUTHERN GREY COUNTY
OWEN SOUND - BLUE MOUNTAINS - NORTHERN GREY COUNTY
BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND
PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES
STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC
KALADAR - BANNOCKBURN - BON ECHO PARK
BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE
OTTAWA SOUTH - RICHMOND - METCALFE
PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL
CORNWALL - MORRISBURG
SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE
PORT CARLING - PORT SEVERN
BRACEBRIDGE - GRAVENHURST
HALIBURTON - MINDEN - SOUTHERN HALIBURTON COUNTY.
A HEAVY SNOWFALL EXPECTED TONIGHT.
IT MAY BE THE FIRST FULL DAY OF SPRING, BUT IT'S NO SURPRISE
THAT MOTHER NATURE IS STILL IN A WINTERY MOOD. A POTENT
DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY OVER MINNESOTA IS EXPECTED TO CARVE A
PATH ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT WITH THE CENTRE OF LOW
PRESSURE LIKELY TO CROSS THE TORONTO AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED BEGINNING LATE THIS EVENING
NEAR LAKE HURON REACHING THE BARRIE AREA SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
AND FAR EASTERN ONTARIO LATER TONIGHT. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
BE VERY HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF MORE THAN 3
CENTIMETRES PER HOUR. ALTHOUGH THE DURATION OF SNOW IS
RELATIVELY SHORT, THE ACCUMULATION OF HEAVY SNOW WILL LIKELY
REACH 15 CENTIMETRES BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF LATER TONIGHT
NEAR LAKE HURON AND OVER EASTERN ONTARIO SATURDAY MORNING.
TRAVELLERS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING DUE TO VISIBILITIES OF 200 METRES OR LESS IN HEAVY SNOW
AS WELL AS SIGNIFICANT AND RAPID ACCUMULATION ON UNTREATED
ROADS.
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