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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA
NWS Spokane, WA issued this dust storm warning at Jul 12, 2010, 2:53 PM PDT for 5 counties in Washington. It was in force for 7 hr. 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 12, 2010, 2:53 PM PDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2010, 9:48 PM PDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Spokane, WA
Counties Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA
The radar
The Spokane radar (KOTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this dust storm 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 dust storm warning went out at Jul 12, 2:42 PM PDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:42 PM PDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 5:15 AM PDT, 9 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA 515 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 WAZ032>036-041>044-131400- LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE- MOSES LAKE AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-WENATCHEE AREA- EAST SLOPES NORTHERN CASCADES-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU- 515 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL WASHINGTON...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON... NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON OVER THE UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN...THE WASHINGTON PALOUSE...AND THE WEST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AROUND WENATCHEE...EPHRATA...WATERVILLE...AND GEORGE. THERE IS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR BLOWING DUST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN AREAS NEAR FRESHLY PLOWED FIELDS. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY FIRES THAT START IN DRY GRASS OR DRY BRUSH COULD SPREAD VERY QUICKLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031-037-038-131400- NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE- CENTRAL PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA- LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS- 515 AM PDT MON JUL 12 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH IDAHO... NORTH CENTRAL IDAHO...NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON...NORTHEAST WASHINGTON AND SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS OF EASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTH IDAHO TODAY. MOUNTAINS RIDGES AND OTHER EXPOSED AREAS ABOVE 5000 FEET WILL BE THE MOST PRONE TO WINDY CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 2:49 PM PDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
249 PM PDT MON JUL 12 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0150 PM DUST STORM 10 S RITZVILLE 46.98N 118.38W
07/12/2010 ADAMS WA EMERGENCY MNGR
TWO CAR ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 261 SOUTH OF RITZVILLE.
HIGHWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED.
0200 PM DUST STORM ESE STRATFORD 47.42N 119.41W
07/12/2010 GRANT WA LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY ROAD 18-NE CLOSED NEAR STRATFORD DUE TO BLOWING
DUST AND ZERO VISIBILITY.
0200 PM DUST STORM 5 SE STRATFORD 47.38N 119.34W
07/12/2010 GRANT WA LAW ENFORCEMENT
BLOWING DUST AND ZERO VISIBILITY HAS CLOSED COUNTY ROAD
20-NE.
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Dust Storm Warnings in Washington, 2010Every dust storm warning in 2010
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.