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Environment Canada Issues Tornado Watch for Prince George, B.C.
Environment Canada warned the storms could produce tornadoes, with high winds, heavy rain and ping-pong-ball-size hail also possible.
- On Friday, Environment Canada issued a tornado watch for central B.C. including Prince George, with meteorologists tracking a "long cluster of severe thunderstorms."
- A system of low pressure tracked south across B.C. Friday evening, prompting severe thunderstorm watches for Prince George, Quesnel, and Williams Lake amid conditions favorable for damaging weather.
- The agency warned incoming weather could damage roofs, fences, and "soft shelters," with high winds, Ping-Pong ball size hail, and potential significant damage to homes and infrastructure.
- Environment Canada advises residents to go indoors and seek a room on the lowest floor away from windows, or "Leave mobile homes, vehicles, tents, trailers and other temporary or free-standing shelter."
- Northeastern B.C. near Babine Lake faces a storm warning anticipating gusts topping 90 km/h, while eastern central Alberta faces heavy rainfall warnings predicting up to 100 millimetres this weekend.
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Environment Canada cancels tornado watch for Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE — A tornado watch issued Friday for a section of central B.C. that includes Prince George has ended. Environment Canada had said conditions were ripe for severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes.
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Environment Canada issues tornado watch for Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - Environment Canada issued a tornado watch for a section of central B.C. that includes Prince George on Friday, with meteorologists tracking a "long cluster of severe thunderstorms."
·Toronto, Canada
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