Weather/Roads

EC – Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Manitouwaadge – Hornepayne) ended

Jul 26, 2021 at 20:40 8:27 PM EDT Monday 26 July 2021 Severe thunderstorm warning ended for: Manitouwadge – Hornepayne   Jul 26, 2021 at 20:15 8:07 P.M. EDT MONDAY 26 JULY 2021. ——————————————————————— SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:       MANITOUWADGE – HORNEPAYNE. ——————————————————————— ==DISCUSSION== UPDATED OR ENDED BY 9:54 P.M. EDT. AT 8:07 P.M. EDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A ...

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EC – Severe Thunderstorm Warning (Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake) ended

6:31 PM EDT Monday 26 July 2021 Severe thunderstorm warning ended for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake   Jul 26, 2021 at 18:01 Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake At 5:58 p.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing strong wind gusts and up to nickel size hail. Lightning kills and injures ...

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EC – Fog Advisory Ended (13:14)

Jul 25, 2021 at 13:16 Wawa – Pukaskwa Park (ended at 13:14) White River – Dubreuilville (ended at 13:14)   Jul 25, 2021 at 07:46 5:15 AM EDT Sunday 25 July 2021 Fog advisory in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park (ended at 13:14) White River – Dubreuilville (ended at 13:14) Marathon – Schreiber (ended at 11:30 a.m.) Near zero ...

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EC – Severe Thunderstorm (ended)

Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for: Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne At 11:23 a.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a severe thunderstorm capable of producing very strong wind gusts and up to nickel size hail. This line of severe thunderstorms is approximately located from Sagiwatan Lake to 10 kilometres south of Solann Lake, moving east at ...

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EC – Superior East to Expect Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms today (ended)

Special weather statement in effect for: Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Heavy rain and thunderstorms expected this morning into this afternoon. Heavy rain with thunderstorms are expected to continue for much of the day. Total rainfall amounts of 30 to 50 mm are expected over ...

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Special air quality statement

Special air quality statement in effect for: Chapleau – Gogama Elliot Lake – Ranger Lake Fort Hope – Webequie Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Greater Sudbury and vicinity Kapuskasing – Hearst Kirkland Lake – Temiskaming Shores – Temagami Lake Nipigon – Wabakimi Manitoulin – Blind River – Killarney North Bay – West Nipissing Pickle Lake – Wunnummin Lake Red Lake ...

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EC – Special Air Quality Statement

Special air quality statement in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Agawa – Lake Superior Park Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay High levels of air pollution due to smoke from ongoing forest fires. Smoke plumes from active fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba will affect ...

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EC – Air Quality Statement

Special air quality statement in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama – Foleyet Geraldton – Longlac – Caramat Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nakina – Aroland – Pagwa High levels of air pollution due to smoke from ongoing forest fires. Smoke plumes from active fires in northwestern Ontario and eastern Manitoba will continue today. Air quality is likely to deteriorate if ...

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Hwy 17 – (Goulais – Timberland General Store) OPEN

Jul 10, 2021 at 23:36 At 11:30 OPP opened Highway 17.   Jul 10, 2021 at 17:49 Highway 17 has been closed between the Junctions of Hwy 17/556 (south) and Hwy 17/552 (north) because of a collision between a vehicle and a motorcycle(s) at the Timberland General Store entranceway. Wawa-news will continue to update as information becomes available.   Detour ...

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Hwy 17 (Just North of Heyden) OPEN

Jul 10, 2021 at 00:29 Just before midnight, Highway 17 was reopened.   Jul 9, 2021 at 16:29 Highway 17 is currently closed just north of the Heyden turnoff. OPP, Fire and EMS are on scene at this time (4:29).  Reports from the scene is that this is a collision between a transport and a 4-door car. Traffic is being ...

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Severe thunderstorm warning

  At 6:53 a.m. EDT, Environment Canada meteorologists are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, up to nickel size hail and heavy rain. This cluster of severe thunderstorms is located from 20 kilometres southeast of Pukaskwa to 15 kilometres west of Chapleau to 9 kilometres south of Goulais River Provincial Park to 50 kilometres ...

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Hwy 17 (east of Marathon – 17/Hwy 627 Jct) OPEN

Jul 5, 2021 at 02:30 Highway 17 has been reopened. Jul 5, 2021 at 12:34 Highway 17 remains closed at this time. Jul 4, 2021 at 16:19 At 3 p.m. today OPP closed Hwy 17 due to a collision, east of the turnoff to Marathon. There is a detour in place for small vehicles but tractor-trailers  have been advised to ...

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Heat Warning for Wawa & Area – ENDED

Jul 5, 2021 at 00:34 The Heat Warning for Wawa ended at midnight July 4th, 2021. Conditions are no longer expected to reach heat warning criteria. Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Nipigon – Marathon – Superior North Wawa – White River – Pukaskwa Agawa – Lake Superior Park Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake The graphic at the right shows that Heat Warnings remain ...

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