AWCN11 CWTO 151043 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 6:41 AM EDT MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2008. ..SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL ON SATURDAY PLUS MORE FROM IKE.. ------------------------------------------------------------- ==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION== THE FIRST ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN THIS WEEKEND GAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON SATURDAY FROM A SLOW-MOVING FRONTAL SYSTEM. RAINFALL WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND REGIONS NEIGHBOURING LAKE HURON EAST INTO THE GREATER TORONTO AREA. THE WARNING CRITERIA WAS EXCEEDED AT THE OBSERVATION SITES OF WINDSOR..CURUNNA..HARROW..GODERICH AND ELORA. THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IKE BROUGHT MORE RAIN TO SOUTHERN ONTARIO ON SUNDAY. RAINFALL WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO FROM WINDSOR THROUGH COTTAGE COUNTRY TO RENFREW. WARNING THRESHOLDS WERE EXCEEDED AT SEVERAL SITES INCLUDING GODERICH..MOUNT FOREST..WIARTON..BANCROFT AND PARRY SOUND. IN TOTAL..BOTH GODERICH AND CURUNNA RECEIVED CLOSE TO 120 MM OF RAIN FROM THE COMBINATION OF THE TWO EVENTS. THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL TOTALS FOR THE FIRST RAIN EPISODE FROM SATURDAY PLUS RAINFALL TOTALS FROM IKE ON SUNDAY. ----------------------------------- LOCATION SATURDAY RAINFALL AMOUNT (PLUS IKE UP TO 6 AM) WINDSOR 75.2 MM + 21 MM FROM IKE CURUNNA (10 KM S SARNIA) ABOUT 100 MM + OVER 25 MM FROM IKE HARROW 51.1 MM + 25 MM FROM IKE RIDGETOWN 47.9 MM + 20 MM FROM IKE ERIEAU 42.0 MM + 6 MM FROM IKE SARNIA 38.5 MM + 46 MM FROM IKE LONDON 25.6 MM + 10 MM FROM IKE DELHI 34.5 MM + 14 MM FROM IKE HAMILTON 20.8 MM + 8 MM FROM IKE WELLAND 23.3 MM + 2 MM FROM IKE GODERICH 61.0 MM + 54 MM FROM IKE ELORA 51.2 MM + 12 MM FROM IKE MOUNT FOREST 30.9 MM + 60 MM FROM IKE WIARTON 63 MM FROM IKE COLLINGWOOD 21 MM FROM IKE KITCHENER 28.0 MM + 14 MM FROM IKE EGBERT 34.5 MM + 43 MM FROM IKE MARKHAM/BUTTONVILLE 30.0 MM + 13 MM FROM IKE TORONTO CITY 21.0 MM + 5 MM FROM IKE TORONTO PEARSON 17.6 MM + 8 MM FROM IKE BARRIE 33 MM FROM IKE ORILLIA 40 MM FROM IKE PARRY SOUND 51 MM FROM IKE MUSKOKA AIRPORT 41 MM FROM IKE BANCROFT 50 MM FROM IKE WHITNEY 42 MM FROM IKE PETAWAWA 33 MM FROM IKE PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SUMMARY CONTAINS THE OBSERVATIONS AT THE TIME OF BROADCAST AND DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFICIAL AND FINAL REPORT OF THE WEATHER EVENTS OR THE HIGH IMPACT EVENTS ATTRIBUTED TO THE WEATHER EVENTS. END/ASHTON/RODGERS