Orange Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Effect for Fort Frances-Emo-Rainy River
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ECCC issued it on August 25, 2026, 3 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
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An orange warning for severe thunderstorms is in effect for the Fort Frances - Emo - Rainy River area until 10:53 UTC on August 25, 2026.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Northwestern Ontario
- Issued
- August 25, 2026
- Issuing authority
- ECCC
Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.
Record status: historical. It was issued 3 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Northwestern Ontario.
Alert Details
Orange warning - severe thunderstorm - in effect. Issued by Environment Canada. Effective from 2026-08-25T08:55:46-00:00 until 2026-08-25T10:53:46-00:00. This is a severe thunderstorm warning for imminent or occurring thunderstorms expected to produce damaging hail, wind or rain.
Affected Areas
Fort Frances - Emo - Rainy River, including Emo, Devlin, and Fort Frances.
What You Should Do
Significant damage to buildings and/or trees is likely.
Expected Conditions
At 3:54 a.m. CDT, an area of dangerous thunderstorms is located over Emo. These thunderstorms are moving east at 35 km/h. Damaging wind gusts, up to quarter size hail and heavy rain are possible.
Timeline
The warning is effective immediately from 2026-08-25T08:55:46-00:00 and expires at 2026-08-25T10:53:46-00:00.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
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