Blowing Dust Advisory issued October 11 at 12:26PM 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. For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 29F possible. * WHERE...Quincy, Othello, Moses Lake, and Ephrata. * WHEN...For the Blowing Dust Advisory, until 5 PM PDT this afternoon. For the Freeze Watch, from Monday evening through Tuesday morning. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to a 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'. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
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- Provider
- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- WA, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Moses Lake Area
- event
- Blowing Dust Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-11T12:26:00-07:00
- states
- ["WA"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-11T12:26:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f30a1d6fcd047d215c5b070c28ffd9506ba1e91c.001.2
- references
- ["urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.34dddddf3fa5dc484c94598b28d9d5994c737ba6.001.1"]
- instruction
- Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to a 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'. Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
- message type
- Update
- location basis
- Approximate: centers of the NWS zones listed in the alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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