NWS Boise IDSV.W 0018May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Harney, OR
The National Weather Service office in Boise issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Harney in Oregon, which was in force until 3:00 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 18th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Boise issued in 2026. Oregon had 38 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 9 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Oregon's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 42 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Boise ID
- Area
- Harney
- State
- Oregon
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 2:18 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 3:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KBOI SV.W 0018
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon since 2008Every warning type in Oregon
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The notice as issued
SVRBOI The National Weather Service in Boise has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northeastern Harney County in southeastern Oregon... * Until 300 PM PDT. * At 217 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Stinkingwater Pass to Malheur Lake, moving northwest at 50 mph. THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR HARNEY COUNTY. HAZARD...80 mph wind gusts and two inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. Mobile homes will be heavily damaged. Expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. Extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Stinkingwater Pass, Malheur Refuge Headquarters, Lawen, and Malheur Lake around 220 PM PDT. Sand Hill, Wrights Point, Fort Harney, and Call Meadow around 230 PM PDT. Burns, Hines, Idlewild Campground, and Crow Flat Guard Station around 240 PM PDT. Burnt Mountain around 250 PM PDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. When safe to do so, please relay storm reports to the National Weather Service in Boise via local law enforcement, or National Weather Service Boise Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Oregon since 200853 a year
- Every warning type in Oregon
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels