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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Spokane, WA

July 16, 2026Lewis County, Nez Perce County, Idaho

NWS Spokane, WA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2026, 3:30 PM PDT for Lewis County, Nez Perce County, Idaho. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2026, 3:30 PM PDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2026, 4:15 PM PDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Spokane, WA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Lewis County, ID, Nez Perce County, ID

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Spokane, WA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 2:48 PM PDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 2:48 PM PDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 16, 2:04 PM PDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Spokane, WA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 5:56 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXOkanogan34 min
Jul 15, 9:10 PM PDTRed Flag WarningOTXAsotin, Columbia, Garfield32 hr
Jul 15, 11:05 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXAdams40 min
Jul 16, 5:31 AM PDTFire Weather WatchOTXDouglas, Okanogan15 hr
Jul 16, 8:22 AM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXWhitman38 min
Jul 16, 2:04 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBonner26 min
Jul 16, 4:14 PM PDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOTXLewis46 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.