After a stretch of summer-like weather, Western Washington is bracing for more severe conditions that could include everything from thunder, hail, lightning, and possibly even a tornado. The ...

Sunshine one day and falling chunks of ice, lightning and even a tornado ... Seattle is in for severe thunderstorms on Wednesday evening as a strong storm system approaches western Washington.

From 1954 through 2024, 138 tornadoes were reported in Washington, according to NOAA's storm events database. The last tornado in the Seattle area occurred on Dec. 18, 2018, in Port Orchard ...

Seattleites heard the first claps of thunder around 7 p.m., a harbinger of a thunderstorm that had been predicted to pelt parts of Western Washington ... Seattle northward, he said. Lightning maps ...

Severe weather could knock Oregon and Washington ... are two regions of tornado risk, one higher than the other. An area along the Interstate 5 corridor, including Seattle and Eugene, Ore., ...

SEATTLE — Widespread thunderstorms moved through western Washington Wednesday night, with lightning illuminating skies across the region. The National Weather Service said about 900 lightning ...

Because of the threat, forecasters issued the first-ever Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Seattle, while Portland saw its highest tornado threat ... Images shared by the Washington Department of ...

Gusty to locally damaging winds and severe hail are the main concerns, but a tornado or ... Oregon, and Seattle. The greatest chance for severe weather is in Washington state, Oregon and northern ...