WWCN19 CWVR 240520
RAINFALL WARNING
FOR YUKON
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 10:20 P.M. MST TUESDAY 23 JULY 2024.
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RAINFALL WARNING FOR:
      WATSON LAKE
      CASSIAR MOUNTAINS.

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==DISCUSSION==

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES.

WHERE: DEASE LAKE, JADE CITY AND PORTIONS OF THE CASSIAR MOUNTAINS, 
HWY 97 SOUTH OF WATSON LAKE. 

WHEN: TONIGHT 

WHAT: RAIN AND LOCALIZED THUNDERSTORM DOWNPOURS GIVING TOTAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS 50 TO 80 MM, LOCALLY UP TO 100 MM. 

REMARKS: A SLOWLY MOVING TROUGH ROTATING OVER THE AREA WILL BRING 
HEAVY RAINS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN WILL EASE LATER 
TONIGHT.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON ROADS. 
DON'T APPROACH WASHOUTS NEAR RIVERS, CREEKS AND CULVERTS. CAMPERS 
SHOULD MOVE AWAY FROM LOW-LYING AREAS. LANDSLIDES MAY OCCUR IN 
VULNERABLE AREAS SUCH AS STEEP SLOPES. 

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 
YTSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)YTSTORM.

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