NWS Spokane WASV.W 0012May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone, ID
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone in Idaho, which was in force until 8:15 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 12th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Spokane issued in 2026. Idaho had 44 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 12 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Idaho's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 46 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Spokane WA
- Area
- Benewah, Kootenai and Shoshone
- State
- Idaho
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:29 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 8:15 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX SV.W 0012
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Idaho since 2008Every warning type in Idaho
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The notice as issued
SVROTX The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... West central Shoshone County in the Panhandle of Idaho... Northeastern Benewah County in the Panhandle of Idaho... Southeastern Kootenai County in the Panhandle of Idaho... * Until 815 PM PDT. * At 729 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 15 miles south of Wardner, or 16 miles southwest of Osburn, moving northwest at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... St. Joe.
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 Idaho since 200892 a year
- Every warning type in Idaho
- 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