NWS Spokane WASV.W 0019May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more, WA
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more in Washington, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 19th 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).
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In force for 1.5 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Spokane WA
- Area
- Ferry, Lincoln, Okanogan and 2 more
- State
- Washington
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:13 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX SV.W 0019
- 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... Central Lincoln County in eastern Washington... Southwestern Stevens County in northeastern Washington... Southern Ferry County in northeastern Washington... West central Spokane County in northeastern Washington... Southeastern Okanogan County in north central Washington... * Until 1045 PM PDT. * At 912 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 11 miles northwest of Fairchild AFB to 25 miles northwest of Ritzville, moving north at 25 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Davenport, Lincoln, Wilbur, Reardan, Springdale, Creston, Little Falls Dam, Govan, Fruitland, Gravelles, Cedonia, Coffeepot Lake, Spring Canyon Campground, Mondovi, Miles, Telford, Rocklyn, Wellpinit, Valley, and Sherman.
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