Yellow Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Paintearth County
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ECCC issued it on August 18, 2026, 5 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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Environment Canada has issued a yellow warning for a severe thunderstorm over Alliance, moving southeast at 25 km/h with damaging wind gusts and quarter-size hail possible.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- Co. of Paintearth, Alberta
- Issued
- August 18, 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 5 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Co. of Paintearth, Alberta.
Alert Details
Yellow warning - severe thunderstorm - in effect. Issued by Environment Canada. Effective from 6:03 p.m. MDT on August 18, 2026, until 2026-08-18T02:02:10-00:00.
Affected Areas
Co. of Paintearth near Castor and Fleet, including Alliance, Bulwark, and Brownfield.
What You Should Do
Damage to roofs, fences, soft shelters or trees is likely. Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are expected to produce damaging hail, wind or rain.
Expected Conditions
At 6:03 p.m. MDT, a severe thunderstorm located over Alliance is moving southeast at 25 km/h. Damaging wind gusts and up to quarter size hail are possible.
Timeline
Alert effective 2026-08-18T00:05:10-00:00, expires 2026-08-18T02:02:10-00:00.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
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