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WOCN13 CWVR 131049
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.45 AM PDT TUESDAY 13 JUNE 2006.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..
ELK VALLEY
EAST KOOTENAY
KOOTENAY LAKE
WEST KOOTENAY
ARROW LAKES - SLOCAN LAKE
BOUNDARY
OKANAGAN.
A SOUTHERLY FLOW OF MOIST SUBTROPICAL AIR COMBINED WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIKELY PRODUCE AN OUTBREAK OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE ABOVE MENTIONED REGIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN BC TODAY.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER EASTERN WASHINGTON
NORTHERN IDAHO AND NORTHWESTERN MONTANA THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN
TRACK NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHEASTERN BC LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO
THIS EVENING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AND PRODUCE
BRIEF BUT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG WIND GUSTS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED FOR PORTIONS
OF SOUTHEASTERN BC LATER THIS MORNING AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES
AVAILABLE. PERSONS IN SOUTHEASTERN BC SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
END/GKP
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