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WUCN11 CWVR 190131
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
FOR COASTAL BRITISH COLUMBIA
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:31 P.M. PDT SUNDAY 18 AUGUST 2024.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR:
SOUTHERN GULF ISLANDS.
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==DISCUSSION==
UPDATED OR ENDED BY 8:29 P.M. PDT.
AT 6:30 P.M. PDT, ENVIRONMENT CANADA METEOROLOGISTS ARE TRACKING A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING ACROSS SALT SPRING ISLAND AT 30
KM/H.
COMMUNITIES IN ITS PATH INCLUDE SALT SPRING ISLAND, PREVOST ISLAND
AND GALIANO ISLAND.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN CAUSE FLASH FLOODS AND WATER POOLING ON ROADS.
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.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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