WWCN16 CWWG 081826
YELLOW WATCH - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
FOR NORTHERN ALBERTA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 12:26 P.M. MDT WEDNESDAY 8 JULY 2026.
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YELLOW LEVEL WATCH - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM - FOR:
=NEW= WHITECOURT - EDSON - FOX CREEK - SWAN HILLS
=NEW= WABASCA - PEERLESS LAKE - GIFT LAKE - CADOTTE LAKE
=NEW= FORT CHIPEWYAN - WOOD BUFFALO NATIONAL PARK
      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
      FORT MCMURRAY - FORT MACKAY.

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IMPACT LEVEL: HIGH
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: MODERATE

==DISCUSSION==

CONDITIONS ARE FAVOURABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG WIND GUSTS, 
LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. SOME 
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

WHEN THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) LIGHTNING KILLS AND 
INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. LARGE HAIL CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 
DAMAGE AND INJURY. 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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