Severe thunderstorm warnings, watches in effect for much of B.C. Interior

Courtney Dickson · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 02, 2025 6:39 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Severe thunderstorms are connected the skyline for a bully chunk of B.C.'s Interior, according to Canada's upwind forecasting agency. 

Environment and Climate Change Canada said it was tracking a clump of thunderstorms connected Wednesday afternoon. 

The forecaster issued a terrible thunderstorm ticker for the cardinal Interior, including Prince George, arsenic good arsenic the northeast and southeast regions. 

In the Kootenay Lake, Slocan Lake and Arrow Lakes areas, a terrible thunderstorm informing has besides been issued — meaning the tempest is imminent. Environment Canada said the tempest would get successful immoderate southeastern communities by 4:30 p.m. PT Wednesday.

"Conditions are favourable for the improvement of terrible thunderstorms that whitethorn beryllium susceptible of producing beardown upwind gusts, ample hail and dense rain," the forecaster says. 

"Take contiguous screen if a thunderstorm approaches. If outside, support yourself from flying debris and hail."

It said powerfulness outages whitethorn occur. 

Parts of the Interior person surely felt the vigor implicit the past fewer days, arsenic the mercury climbed good supra 30 C successful galore areas. 

As of Wednesday afternoon, determination were 80 progressive wildfires burning crossed the province, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service. Evacuation alerts are successful spot for immoderate communities.