NWS Spokane WASV.W 0018May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Adams, Chelan, Douglas and 2 more, WA
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Adams, Chelan, Douglas and 2 more in Washington, which was in force until 10:15 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 18th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Spokane issued in 2026. Washington had 10 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 5 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Washington's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Spokane WA
- Area
- Adams, Chelan, Douglas and 2 more
- State
- Washington
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 10:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX SV.W 0018
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington since 2008Every warning type in Washington
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The notice as issued
SVROTX The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Douglas County in north central Washington... South central Chelan County in north central Washington... North central Adams County in eastern Washington... Western Lincoln County in eastern Washington... Northern Grant County in north central Washington... * Until 1015 PM PDT. * At 900 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Quincy to 15 miles northeast of Moses Lake North, moving north at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Grant County International Airport reported a 69 MPH at 852 PM. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, Ephrata, Quincy, Cashmere, Rock Island, Sunnyslope, East Wenatchee Bench, Orondo, Lakeview, Banks Lake South, South Wenatchee, West Wenatchee, Douglas, Soap Lake, Waterville, Entiat, Grand Coulee, Electric City, and Coulee City. This includes U.S. Highway 97 in Washington between mile markers 213 and 218.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Washington since 200826 a year
- Every warning type in Washington
- 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