Yellow Severe Thunderstorm Warning Issued for Winnipeg
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A yellow warning for severe thunderstorms is in effect for the City of Winnipeg area until 2:44 a.m. UTC.
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- Record type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Affected area
- City of Winnipeg
- Issued
- September 7, 2026
- Issuing authority
- ECCC
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Alert Details
Yellow warning - severe thunderstorm - in effect. Issued by Environment Canada. Effective from 2026-09-07T00:06:00-00:00 until 2026-09-07T02:44:00-00:00.
Affected Areas
City of Winnipeg. Locations and nearby areas that could be impacted include Winnipeg, Steinbach, Selkirk. At 7:05 p.m. CDT, a line of severe thunderstorms is located from Gardenton to Grande Pointe then to Stonewall.
What You Should Do
Fast-moving and rapidly rising water can sweep vehicles away and damage infrastructure. Heavy rain may cause flash flooding and significant reductions to visibility.
Expected Conditions
Damaging wind gusts, loonie to ping pong ball size hail and very heavy rain are possible. These severe thunderstorms are moving east at 40 km/h.
Timeline
Alert effective 2026-09-07T00:06:00-00:00, expires 2026-09-07T02:44:00-00:00. Severe thunderstorm warnings are issued when imminent or occurring thunderstorms are expected to produce damaging hail, wind or rain.
Original source: ECCC Official Notice ↗
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