UPDATE: All advisories mentioned in this story have ended
A special weather statement is in effect for an extended period of rain across the southern portion of Saskatchewan.
A slow-moving, low-pressure system is expected to intensify and produce significant rainfall by Tuesday.
Environment Canada said although there is some uncertainty as to the exact area and intensity, some areas could see in excess of 100 millimetres of precipitation with this 48-hour event.
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Potentially severe thunderstorms ahead of the system will develop Sunday night and are expected to shed between 20 and 30 millimetres of rain.
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Special weather statement issued for:
- Leader – Gull Lake
- Swift Current – Herbert – Cabri – Kyle – Lucky Lake
- Shaunavon – Maple Creek – Val Marie – Cypress Hills
- Regina
- Moose Jaw – Pense – Central Butte – Craik
- Fort Qu’Appelle – Indian Head – Lumsden – Pilot Butte
- Assiniboia – Gravelbourg – Coronach
- Estevan – Weyburn – Radville – Milestone
- Yorkton – Melville – Esterhazy
- Moosomin – Grenfell – Kipling – Wawota
- Carlyle – Oxbow – Carnduff – Bienfait – Stoughton
- Hudson Bay – Porcupine Plain
- Kamsack – Canora – Preeceville
- Saskatoon
- Prince Albert – Shellbrook – Spiritwood – Duck Lake
- Melfort – Tisdale – Nipawin – Carrot River
- Martensville – Warman – Rosthern – Delisle – Wakaw
- Outlook – Watrous – Hanley – Imperial – Dinsmore
- Humboldt – Wynyard – Wadena – Lanigan – Foam Lake
- Meadow Lake – Big River – Green Lake – Pierceland
- The Battlefords – Unity – Maidstone – St. Walburg
- Kindersley – Rosetown – Biggar – Wilkie – Macklin
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