WOCN11 CWHX 230903
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NOVA SCOTIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:03 A.M. ADT SUNDAY 23 AUGUST 2026.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
      QUEENS COUNTY
      SHELBURNE COUNTY
      YARMOUTH COUNTY
      DIGBY COUNTY
      ANNAPOLIS COUNTY
      KINGS COUNTY
      PICTOU COUNTY
      ANTIGONISH COUNTY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
      LUNENBURG COUNTY
      GUYSBOROUGH COUNTY.

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==DISCUSSION==

SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED TODAY. 

LOCATIONS: MOST OF MAINLAND NOVA SCOTIA. 

POTENTIAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS: 20 TO 45 MM, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS 
POSSIBLE. 

TIME SPAN: TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

REMARKS: A SLOW-MOVING WEATHER SYSTEM WILL GIVE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HUMID NATURE OF THIS SYSTEM COULD GIVE 
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 15 MM PER 
HOUR. SOME OF THESE BANDS COULD PERSIST OVER SOME AREAS, LEADING TO 
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. 

YELLOW LEVEL RAINFALL WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL 
NOVA SCOTIA AND THESE MAY BE EXTENDED AS THE RAINFALL PATTERN 
BECOMES BETTER DEFINED.

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 POST REPORTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA USING 
(HASH)NSSTORM.

HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA

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