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Blowing Dust Advisory 1, NWS Spokane, WA

March 28, 20217 counties in Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this blowing dust advisory at Mar 28, 2021, 3:04 AM PDT for 7 counties in Washington. It took effect at Mar 28, 2021, 11:54 AM PDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2021, 3:04 AM PDT (10:04 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2021, 11:54 AM PDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 10:20 PM PDT
In force: 10 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 10:05 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 Mar 28, 2:47 AM PDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 2:47 AM PDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 7:27 AM PDT, 19 hours 37 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
Mar 28, 1:56 AM PDT	Winter Storm Warning	OTX		27 hr
Mar 28, 2:04 AM PDT	Winter Weather Advisory	OTX	Asotin, Garfield	27 hr
Mar 28, 2:21 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	OTX	Adams, Lincoln	84 min
Mar 28, 3:42 PM PDT	Dust Storm Warning	OTX	Adams, Lincoln	93 min

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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.