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WUCN18 CWVR 122054  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
FOR THE B.C. TRAVELLERS ROUTES  
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA  
AT 1:54 P.M. PDT WEDNESDAY 12 JULY 2023.  
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:  
=NEW= OKANAGAN CONNECTOR - MERRITT TO KELOWNA.  
  
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==DISCUSSION==  
  
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 3:53 P.M. PDT.  
  
AT 1:54 P.M. PDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A   
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND   
HEAVY RAIN.  
  
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS LOCATED OVER THE OKANAGAN CONNECTOR   
(HIGHWAY 97C) BETWEEN PENNASK SUMMIT AND ELKHART LAKE RECREATION   
SITE AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.  
  
HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON ROADS.   
IF VISIBILITY IS REDUCED WHILE DRIVING, TURN ON YOUR LIGHTS AND   
MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE. INTENSE LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH   
ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS. 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.   
  
WEATHER IN THE MOUNTAINS CAN CHANGE SUDDENLY RESULTING IN HAZARDOUS   
DRIVING CONDITIONS.   
  
ROAD CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.DRIVEBC.CA.   
  
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.  
  
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
  
END/PSPC  
 
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