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Blowing Dust Advisory 3, NWS Spokane, WA

September 25, 20205 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this blowing dust advisory at Sep 25, 2020, 5:06 PM PDT for 5 counties in Washington. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 25, 2020, 5:06 PM PDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 25, 2020, 8:00 PM PDT
In force
3 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 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 25, 4:03 PM PDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 4:03 PM PDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 4:44 AM PDT, 12 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Spokane WA
444 AM PDT Fri Sep 25 2020

IDZ001>004-026-027-WAZ031-037-038-042-043-261200-
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-
East Slopes Northern Cascades-Okanogan Valley-
444 AM PDT Fri Sep 25 2020

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

WAZ032>036-041-044-261200-
Lower Garfield and Asotin Counties-Washington Palouse-
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area-Wenatchee Area-
Waterville Plateau-
444 AM PDT Fri Sep 25 2020

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

Windy conditions are expected today with wind gusts of 30-40 MPH
expected. Local wind gusts to 45 MPH are possible. This will lead
to choppy water on area lakes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 25, 4:00 PM PDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 25, 5:00 PM PDTDust Storm WarningOTXAdams90 min
Sep 25, 5:58 PM PDTAreal Flood AdvisoryOTXFerry3 hr
Sep 25, 6:11 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXLincoln49 min
Sep 25, 6:25 PM PDTDust Storm WarningOTXAdams90 min
Sep 25, 6:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXStevens28 min
Sep 25, 6:56 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXSpokane34 min
Sep 26, 4:37 PM PDTFreeze WarningOTXFerry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens15 hr
Sep 25, 7:32 PM PDTSpecial Weather StatementOTXBonner28 min

Nearby

Blowing Dust Advisories in Washington, 2020Every blowing dust advisory in 2020

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.