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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

July 12, 20105 counties in Washington

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.

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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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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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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.