Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Kelowna, most of Interior remains on watch

(UPDATE: Aug. 23 @ 3:35 pm) – Whereas many of the BC Inside stays beneath a extreme thunderstorm watch, the Central Okanagan is about to be hit by the storm.

Surroundings Canada has upgraded the watch to a warning within the Central Okanagan, with the next message:

“A cluster of extreme thunderstorms are roughly 10 km to the southeast of Kelowna and are monitoring to the northwest at 25 km/hr,” the warning reads.

“These storms are anticipated to influence Kelowna and the encircling areas throughout the subsequent quarter-hour and can proceed to be monitored.”

(Authentic story: Aug. 23 @ 11:30 am) – As predicted by Surroundings Canada this morning, it seems to be like storms are coming this afternoon.

The forecaster has now put a lot of the BC Inside beneath a extreme thunderstorm watch.

Among the many affected areas are:

• Okanagan Valley

• Shuswap

• South Thompson

• Nicola

• Kootenays

• Fraser Canyon

Surroundings Canada stated in a public alert that circumstances are beneficial for the event of significant storms.

That would embody “massive hail and heavy rain,” it added.

It added: “Extreme thunderstorm watches are issued when atmospheric circumstances are beneficial for the event of thunderstorms that might produce a number of of the next: massive hail, damaging winds, torrential rainfall.”