A rare tornado risk was forecast on May 28 by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the first time in more than 30 years across three states in the Pacific Northwest as part of a storm system extending across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho.
Forecasters at the NWS’s storm prediction center in Oklahoma predicted a slight risk of severe thunderstorms in the region in the afternoon and night from western Idaho into central Washington and Oregon.
“Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon and evening over western Idaho and east of the Cascades in Washington and Oregon, capable of damaging gusts, large hail, and perhaps a tornado,” the NWS said in a weather outlook….