NWS Spokane WASV.W 0020May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chelan, Douglas, Grant and 1 more, WA
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chelan, Douglas, Grant and 1 more in Washington, which was in force until 11:00 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 20th 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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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Spokane WA
- Area
- Chelan, Douglas, Grant and 1 more
- State
- Washington
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:29 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 11:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX SV.W 0020
- 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 Douglas County in north central Washington... Chelan County in north central Washington... Central Okanogan County in north central Washington... Northeastern Grant County in north central Washington... * Until 1100 PM PDT. * At 929 PM PDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Rock Island to 16 miles north of Banks Lake South, moving northwest at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Public. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Omak, Chelan, Okanogan, Bridgeport, Brewster, Tonasket, North Omak, Merrit, Holden Village, Stehekin, Chumstick, Nespelem Community, Entiat, Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, Electric City, Twisp, Pateros, Winthrop, and Mansfield. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 97 in Washington between mile markers 218 and 316. U.S. Highway 20 in Washington between mile markers 157 and 166, and between mile markers 180 and 275.
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