Active AlertsRose Blanche-Harbour Le Cou, NL

Special Weather Statement

Issued at Mon 3:57 PM Aug. 24

Issued by: Environment and Climate Change Canada

Description

A prolonged period of rain is continuing.

Locations: Channel-Port aux Basques and vicinity.

Further rainfall: 20 to 35 mm, with locally higher amounts possible.

Time span: tonight and Tuesday.

Remarks: A slow-moving frontal boundary is expected to bring a period of prolonged rainfall. Embedded thunderstorms may develop over some areas, producing locally heavier rainfall with rates of 10 to 15 mm per hour.

Water pooling on roads may make travel difficult in some locations. Localized flooding may occur in low-lying areas.

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