Alert archive / Washington / Special Weather Statements in 2026

Special Weather Statement, NWS Spokane, WA

June 29, 2026Stevens County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this special weather statement at Jun 29, 2026, 5:39 PM PDT for Stevens County, Washington. It was in force for 36 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2026, 5:39 PM PDT (00:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 29, 2026, 6:15 PM PDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Hail: 0.25 in
Wind: 30

County Stevens County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 29, 2:27 PM PDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:27 PM PDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:37 PM PDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Spokane WA
437 PM PDT Mon Jun 29 2026

WAZ037-300015-
Northeast Mountains WA-
437 PM PDT Mon Jun 29 2026

...A strong cluster of thunderstorms will impact portions of
northeastern Stevens and northwestern Pend Oreille Counties through
500 PM PDT...

At 433 PM PDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms from Northport to Ione to near Chewelah, moving
southwest at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Colville, Ione, Northport, Metaline Falls, Metaline, Noisy Creek
Campground, Orin, Tiger, Sullivan Lake Campground, Lost Creek, Little
Pend Oreille Lakes Campground, Arden, and 49 Degrees North.

This includes the following highways...
 U.S. Highway 20 in Washington between mile markers 355 and 402.
 U.S. Highway 395 in Washington between mile markers 219 and 236.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 4826 11747 4849 11810 4900 11778 4900 11704
      4899 11704
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 029DEG 6KT 4872 11740

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

AS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 5:21 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Stevens	3 hr
Jun 29, 6:43 PM PDT	Areal Flood Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille, Stevens	6 min
Jun 29, 6:49 PM PDT	Flash Flood Warning	OTX	Pend Oreille, Stevens	4 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Washington, 2026 Every special weather statement in 2026

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.