NWS Boise IDSV.W 0016May 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 16th 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 45 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
- 2:15 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 0016
- 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... North central Harney County in southeastern Oregon... * Until 300 PM PDT. * At 214 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Idlewild Campground, or 11 miles north of Burns, moving west at 30 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar 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. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Harney County.
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