Blowing Dust Advisory issued October 11 at 8:57AM PDT until October 11 at 5:00PM PDT by NWS Spokane WA
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* WHAT...Patchy to localized areas of blowing dust expected, with visibility dropping to between one-quarter and one mile at times. Northeast winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 35 mph. * WHERE...Othello, Harrington, Odessa, Grand Coulee, Quincy, Moses Lake, Wilbur, Coulee City, Ephrata, Ritzville, and Creston. * WHEN...Until 5 PM PDT this afternoon. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Light showers moved through the area this morning with rainfall amounts varying from a trace to few hundreths. Northeast winds have increased however the threat for blowing dust will be delayed until conditions dry out. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to one mile or less. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'.
- Event time
- Source last updated
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- WA, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Moses Lake Area; Upper Columbia Basin
- event
- Blowing Dust Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-11T11:00:00-07:00
- states
- ["WA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T08:57:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.34dddddf3fa5dc484c94598b28d9d5994c737ba6.001.1
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.75fea9141c5998467ede850f027a0236cfb7ac1b.001.1"]
- instruction
- Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to one mile or less. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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