Ontario Special Weather Statement

[GalvestonDuck]

Got this in an email from a news message group...figured it would offer another perspective:


ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ONTARIO REGION. 4:09 PM EDT MONDAY
15 SEPTEMBER 2003.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..
CITY OF TORONTO, WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT, SARNIA - LAMBTON, ELGIN, LONDON - MIDDLESEX, SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK, DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND, OXFORD - BRANT, NIAGARA, CITY OF HAMILTON, HALTON - PEEL, YORK - DURHAM, HURON - PERTH, WATERLOO - WELLINGTON, DUFFERIN - INNISFIL, GREY - BRUCE, BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND, BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND, KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD, PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES, STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC, BANCROFT - BON ECHO, BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE, CITY OF OTTAWA, GATINEAU, PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL,
CORNWALL - MORRISBURG, SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE, PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA - HUNTSVILLE, HALIBURTON, RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY, ALGONQUIN, BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.

HURRICANE ISABEL IS CURRENTLY LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND IS TRACKING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARDS THE AMERICAN MAINLAND. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ISABEL WILL UNDERGO A SIGNIFICANT WEAKENING AFTER MAKING LANDFALL ON THURSDAY. ISABEL IS PREDICTED TO LOSE
HER HURRICANE STATUS AS SHE CROSSES THE APPALACHIANS THURSDAY NIGHT. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHWARD AS EXPECTED A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EPISODE WITH STRONG WINDS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FRIDAY OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO.

THE TRACK OF THIS STORM IS SIMILAR TO THE PATH TAKEN BY HURRICANE HAZEL ON OCTOBER 15 1954. COMPARISONS BETWEEN HURRICANE ISABEL AND HURRICANE HAZEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE SIMILARITY OF ISABEL'S PREDICTED TRACK TO THE ONE HAZEL ACTUALLY FOLLOWED. HOWEVER IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL IF THIS STORM WILL REACH THE SAME INTENSITY IN ONTARIO THAT HAZEL DID NEARLY 50 YEARS AGO.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA IS CLOSELY MONITORING HURRICANE ISABEL FROM THE CANADIAN HURRICANE CENTRE IN DARTMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE REFER TO..

http://WWW.ATL.EC.GC.CA/WEATHER/HURRICANE/
http://WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.EC.GC.CA

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST. THE NEXT PUBLIC FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED BY 5.00 AM.

[JQ Public]

Please don't be a hazel. That was a cat 4 that hit nc and came straight through raleigh!