Updated 8:00 PM, Tuesday, June 24th:
Environment Canada has downgraded P.G. to a severe thunderstorm watch.
Updated 5:00 pm, Tuesday, June 24th:
Environment Canada has upgraded Prince George to a severe thunderstorm warning.
The weather service says they are tracking a cluster of severe thunderstorms capable of producing strong wind gusts, pea to dime size hail and heavy rain.
They say the cluster of severe thunderstorms have developed near Highway 16, roughly 40 kilometres east of Prince George.
The storms are tracking to the east at close to 30 kilometres per hour.
Environment Canada says there is also a line of severe thunderstorms that have developed in the Blackwater area, and is moving towards the northeast at around 30 kilometres per hour.
Original story:
Some of the Central Interior, including Prince George is under a severe thunderstorm watch.
According to Environment Canada, conditions are favourable for the development of severe thunderstorms that may be capable of producing heavy rain.
The watch extends past Fraser Lake, just south of Hixon, and North of Bear Lake.
Severe thunderstorm warnings are also in place in the Peace Region.
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