Severe Weather Statement from Environment Canada.....

The threat for Freezing Rain has passed in Kemptville.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..CITY OF TORONTOWINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENTSARNIA - LAMBTONELGINLONDON - MIDDLESEXSIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLKDUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMANDOXFORD - BRANTNIAGARACITY OF HAMILTONHALTON - PEELYORK - DURHAMHURON - PERTHWATERLOO - WELLINGTONDUFFERIN - INNISFILGREY - BRUCEBARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLANDBELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLANDKINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARDPETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKESSTIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENACBANCROFT - BON ECHO PARKBROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLECITY OF OTTAWAGATINEAUPRESCOTT AND RUSSELLCORNWALL - MORRISBURGSMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKEPARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA - HUNTSVILLEHALIBURTONRENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAYALGONQUINBURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.

ANOTHER MAJOR FALL STORM TO HIT SOUTHERN ONTARIO. A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER OKLAHOMA THIS MORNING WILL DEEPEN INTO A MAJOR FALL STORM TODAY AND TRACK TO EASTERN LAKESUPERIOR BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. PRECIPITATION AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM HAS ALREADY REACHED PARTS OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO. THE PRECIPITATION IS IN THE FORM OF RAIN OVER SOUTHERN AREAS AND SNOW FURTHER NORTH. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OTTAWA VALLEY AND COTTAGE COUNTRY BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING.

A FREEZING RAIN WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE REGIONS.OVER MORE SOUTHERN AREAS RAIN AND THE ODD THUNDERSTORM WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF THE WARM FRONT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH TONIGHT AND MANYREGIONS WILL ACTUALLY SEE TEMPERATURES RISE OVERNIGHT.

BY WEDNESDAY MORNING A STRONG COLD FRONT FROM THE LOW WILL HAVE CROSSED SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND WILL SWING THROUGH EASTERN ONTARIO DURING THE DAY. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY THEFRONT OVER SOME LOCALES WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO 70 KM/H.THE COLD AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES TO FALLDURING THE DAY. LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BEFOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST.