NWS Spokane WASV.W 0021May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 1 more, WA
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 1 more in Washington, which was in force until 11:15 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 21st 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 1.1 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, Okanogan, Pend Oreille and 1 more
- State
- Washington
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:08 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 11:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX SV.W 0021
- 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... Northern Stevens County in northeastern Washington... Ferry County in northeastern Washington... Eastern Okanogan County in north central Washington... Northwestern Pend Oreille County in northeastern Washington... * Until 1115 PM PDT. * At 1007 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 24 miles northwest of Nordman to 11 miles south of Nespelem Community, moving north at 70 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Colville, Nespelem Community, Sherman Pass, Kettle Falls, Republic, Ione, Northport, Elmer City, Metaline Falls, Nespelem, Marcus, Metaline, Pierre Lake Campground, Davis Lake, Wauconda, Curlew, Gifford, Orin, Sullivan Lake Campground, and Malo. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 20 in Washington between mile markers 276 and 363. U.S. Highway 395 in Washington between mile markers 222 and 269.
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