Prince George saw over 16 millimetres of rain fall in over a couple hours during its first thunderstorm of the spring/summer season.
Vanderhoof received a little bit more from Mother Nature tallying 22 millimetres of rain.
Although not confirmed, Environment Canada Scientist, Christy Climenhaga told Vista Radio these passing thunderstorm can result in flash flooding for low-lying areas.
“When we get high rainfall rates in short periods of time it is a possibility where you see that rain have nowhere to go, piling up a little bit. It was a pretty potent storm that went through.”
The passing storm also knocked out power for roughly an hour stretching from Vanderhoof all the way to Prince Rupert leaving 45-thousand BC Hydro customers in the dark.
While the weekend forecast for the area shows a chance of showers or thundershowers today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) with daytime highs of 16 and 19 degrees – the next shot of rain isn’t expected until the middle of next week.
“It looks like your next shot of decent, steady rain will come with a system that looks to develop towards the Wednesday, it is a little ways out so we will have to see how it develops.”
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