NWS Spokane WASV.W 0009May 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Spokane, WA
The National Weather Service office in Spokane issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Spokane in Washington, which was in force until 8:00 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 9th 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 49 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Spokane WA
- Area
- Spokane
- State
- Washington
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:11 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 8:00 p.m. PDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KOTX SV.W 0009
- 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... Southeastern Spokane County in northeastern Washington... * Until 800 PM PDT. * At 711 PM PDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles west of Plummer, or 19 miles south of Spokane Valley, moving northwest at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Fairfield, Rockford, Spangle, and Waverly. This includes U.S. Highway 195 in Washington between mile markers 76 and 79.
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