Tornado warning rescinded, thunderstorm warnings persist in northern B.C.

British ColumbiaA tornado warning was issued for the Stuart-Nechako region in north-central B.C. on Sunday afternoon.Environment Canada also issues severe thunderstorm watches for other areas of north-central B.C.CBC News · Posted: Aug 17, 2025 4:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours agoLarge clouds were seen in Prince George, B.C., on Aug. 17, 2025, amid a severe thunderstorm watch for the area. (Hanna Petersen/CBC)A tornado warning was briefly issued for the Stuart-Nechako region in north-central B.C. on Sunday afternoon.The warning, issued at 1:10 p.m. PT on Sunday, had said forecasters were tracking a severe thunderstorm that could possibly produce a tornado.It was later replaced by a severe thunderstorm warning for the Stuart-Nechako and Lake District areas, which warned of thunderstorms that could produce damaging hail, wind or rain. “A severe thunderstorm 70 km south of Fraser Lake (near Natalkuz Lake) is moving northeastward at 35 km/h,” reads the warning.During a severe thunderstorm warning for parts north-central British Columbia on Aug. 17, hail fell in the area of Vanderhoof, B.C. (Denise Foley/Facebook)There were also severe thunderstorm warnings in place Sunday afternoon for other regions of northern and northeastern B.C., including Prince George and Fort Nelson.”When thunder roars, go indoors! Lightning kills and injures Canadians every year,” forecasters said in the bulletin. People in the Vanderhoof, B.C., area reported hail stones on Sunday afternoon amid the thunderstorm warning.The most up-to-date information on the warnings is available on the Environment and Climate Change Canada website.Earlier this year, B.C.’s first tornado of the year was recorded just west of Prince George near Vanderhoof.A report from Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project said a landspout-type tornado occurred on the afternoon of May 21, and it resulted in no damage.WATCH | B.C.’s 1st tornado earlier this year: Rare tornado recorded in B.C.’s InteriorAccording to experts with the Northern Tornadoes Project, a rare landspout tornado was captured on video near Vanderhoof, B.C., just after 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21.