Alert archive / Washington / Dust Storm Warnings in 2020

Dust Storm Warning 9, NWS Spokane, WA

September 25, 2020Adams County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this dust storm warning at Sep 25, 2020, 6:25 PM PDT for Adams County, Washington. It was in force for 90 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: Sep 25, 2020, 6:25 PM PDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2020, 7:55 PM PDT
In force: 90 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Adams County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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 Sep 25, 4:03 PM PDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 4:03 PM PDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 4:44 AM PDT, 13 hours 41 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, 2 hours 25 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 25, 5:00 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	OTX	Adams	90 min
Sep 25, 5:06 PM PDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	OTX	Adams, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan	3 hr
Sep 25, 5:58 PM PDT	Areal Flood Advisory	OTX	Ferry	3 hr
Sep 25, 6:11 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	49 min
Sep 25, 6:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Stevens	28 min
Sep 25, 6:56 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	34 min
Sep 26, 4:37 PM PDT	Freeze Warning	OTX	Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens	15 hr
Sep 25, 7:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Bonner	28 min

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.