Flood warning issued with thunderstorm forecast
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This article was published 18/07/2022 (1316 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A flood warning for most of southern Manitoba has been issued by the province as 25 to 150 millimetres of rain is predicted to fall over the next 48 hours.
The flood warning covers areas of Westman to the south and west of Riding Mountain National Park including Russell, Virden, Brandon, Minnedosa, Neepawa and Boissevain.
Conditions are expected to be worse south of highways 16 and 1.
In an emergency alert released by the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization through The Weather Network, residents in affected areas are asked to be careful around local waterways “as flooding is likely to occur.”
If flooding happens, residents are warned not to cross fast-flowing waters or waters of unknown depth.
Caution should be taken on all roads as conditions could change quickly.
Residents should follow all directions issued by local authorities and watch for updates.
According to Environment Canada’s website, the upper total of rain forecasted for Brandon is less severe.
The organization forecasts 10 to 20 mm of rain overnight except where thunderstorms are occurring, where rain could be up to 50 mm.
Five to 10 mm of rain are expected tomorrow.
Environment and Climate Change Canada meteorologist Terri Lang said in a phone interview that the weather system will bring a lot of convection, “which means lots of showers and thundershowers.”
Those thundershowers are expected to be heavy and are likely to hit the province’s bottom third, but it’s difficult to predict exactly where they will occur. Lang said there could be heavy thundershowers north of Highway 16, despite the province’s earlier prediction.
“It’s impossible to forecast how much will come out of a single thunderstorm,” Lang said. “If you’re unfortunate to get under one of these thunderstorms or a couple of them, there’s certainly heavy rainfalls associated with them.”
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