WWCN11 CWHX 230811
RAINFALL WARNING
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:11 A.M. AST SATURDAY 23 NOVEMBER 2024.
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RAINFALL WARNING FOR:
      HALIFAX METRO AND HALIFAX COUNTY WEST
      HALIFAX COUNTY - EAST OF PORTERS LAKE
      LUNENBURG COUNTY
      GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY
      SYDNEY METRO AND CAPE BRETON COUNTY
      RICHMOND COUNTY
      INVERNESS COUNTY - SOUTH OF MABOU
      VICTORIA COUNTY.

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==DISCUSSION==

RAIN, AT TIMES HEAVY, IS EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS: EASTERN MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA AND MOST OF CAPE BRETON 
ISLAND. 

TOTAL RAINFALL: 50 TO 70 MM, POSSIBLY HIGHER OVER THE CAPE BRETON 
HIGHLANDS. 

TIME SPAN: INTENSIFYING THIS MORNING, CONTINUING UNTIL EARLY THIS 
EVENING. 

REMARKS: RAIN WILL INTENSIFY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC COAST 
OF NOVA SCOTIA, BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO 
THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 10 TO 15 MM PER HOUR ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST RAIN.

LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. 

RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 

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

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

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