Yellow Severe Thunderstorm Warning for M.D. of Opportunity
This alert is no longer in effect.
ECCC issued it on August 2, 2026, 3 weeks 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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Environment Canada has issued a yellow warning for severe thunderstorms in effect for the M.D. of Opportunity near Wabasca-Desmarais and Sandy Lake.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm
- Affected area
- M.D. of Opportunity near Wabasca-Desmarais and Sandy Lake
- Issued
- August 2, 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 weeks ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in M.D. of Opportunity near Wabasca-Desmarais and Sandy Lake.
Alert Details
Yellow warning - severe thunderstorm - in effect. Issued by Environment Canada. Effective from 2026-08-02T02:03:00-00:00 until 2026-08-02T05:01:00-00:00.
Affected Areas
M.D. of Opportunity near Wabasca-Desmarais and Sandy Lake.
What You Should Do
Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are expected to produce damaging hail, wind or rain.
Expected Conditions
At 8:02 p.m. MDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and heavy rain. Heavy rain may cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility. Severe thunderstorms can produce tornadoes.
Timeline
The warning is effective starting 2026-08-02T02:03:00-00:00 and expires at 2026-08-02T05:01:00-00:00.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
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