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Blowing Dust Advisory 1, NWS Spokane, WA

October 11, 20147 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this blowing dust advisory at Oct 11, 2014, 3:02 AM PDT for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Oct 11, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 11, 2014, 3:02 AM PDT (10:02 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 11, 2014, 11:00 AM PDT
Expired: Oct 11, 2014, 8:00 PM PDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA

Counties Adams County, WA, Douglas County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA, Okanogan County, WA, Spokane County, WA, Whitman County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:07 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 blowing dust advisory 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 blowing dust advisory went out at Oct 11, 2:27 AM PDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 2:27 AM PDT, 35 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 11, 2:40 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Benewah	35 min
Oct 11, 2:49 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	26 min
Oct 11, 3:10 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	35 min
Oct 11, 3:22 PM PDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OTX	Bonner	23 min

Nearby

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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.