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Dust Storm Warning 10, NWS Spokane, WA

October 13, 2020Adams County, Grant County, Lincoln County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this dust storm warning at Oct 13, 2020, 4:52 PM PDT for Adams County, Grant County, Lincoln County, Washington. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2020, 4:52 PM PDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2020, 5:45 PM PDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Adams County, WA, Grant County, WA, Lincoln County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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 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 Oct 13, 3:56 PM PDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:56 PM PDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 1:55 PM PDT, 2 hours 57 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 13, 2:42 AM PDT	High Wind Warning	OTX	Adams, Asotin, Chelan, Douglas, Garfield, Grant and 4 more	18 hr
Oct 13, 2:42 AM PDT	Wind Advisory	OTX	Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	18 hr

Nearby

Dust Storm Warnings in Washington, 2020 Every dust storm warning 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.