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Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Spokane, WA

May 13, 2026Spokane County, Washington

NWS Spokane, WA issued this dust storm warning at May 13, 2026, 10:09 AM PDT for Spokane County, Washington. It was in force for 36 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: May 13, 2026, 10:09 AM PDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2026, 10:45 AM PDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Spokane, WA
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Spokane County, WA

The radar

The Spokane radar (KOTX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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 May 12, 4:53 PM PDT, 17 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 4:53 PM PDT, 17 hours 16 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
May 12, 9:24 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Whitman	51 min
May 12, 10:32 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	43 min
May 12, 11:26 PM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	49 min
May 13, 12:45 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Spokane	45 min
May 13, 1:59 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Pend Oreille	46 min
May 13, 2:02 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Lincoln	28 min
May 13, 2:30 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	45 min
May 13, 2:44 AM PDT	Special Weather Statement	OTX	Ferry	46 min
May 13, 9:33 AM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Adams, Lincoln, Spokane, Whitman	87 min
May 13, 2:16 PM PDT	Dust Storm Advisory	OTX	Spokane	44 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.