WUCN13 CWVR 050053
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR INTERIOR AND NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:53 P.M. PDT SUNDAY 4 AUGUST 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= KOOTENAY LAKE.

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==DISCUSSION==

UPDATED OR ENDED BY 7:51 P.M. PDT (7:51 P.M. MST, 8:51 P.M. MDT).

AT 5:52 P.M. PDT (5:52 P.M. MST, 6:52 P.M. MDT), ENVIRONMENT CANADA 
METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS, UP TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY 
RAIN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT COMMUNITIES ALONG 
HIGHWAY 31 INCLUDING MARBLEHEAD, MEADOW CREEK AND COOPER CREEK 
WITHIN HALF AN HOUR. 

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS APPROACHING THE VICINITY OF KASLO FROM THE 
WEST AT 20KM/H. IT IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THIS REGION WITHIN HALF AN 
HOUR.

LIGHTNING KILLS AND INJURES CANADIANS EVERY YEAR. REMEMBER, WHEN 
THUNDER ROARS, GO INDOORS(EXCLAMATION MARK) 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN IMMINENT OR OCCURRING 
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE OR ARE PRODUCING ONE OR MORE OF 
THE FOLLOWING: LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS, TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. 

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

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