Dust Advisory issued October 9 at 6:31PM PDT until October 9 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Elko NV
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The National Weather Service in Elko Nevada has issued a * Dust Advisory for... Southeastern Humboldt County in northwestern Nevada... * Until 800 PM PDT. * At 629 PM PDT, a dust channel was over Winnemucca, moving northeast at 55 mph. HAZARD...Less than two miles visibility with strong wind in excess of 40 mph. SOURCE...Doppler radar. IMPACT...Hazardous travel. * Travelers along I-80, and US-95 will be affected by reduced visibility and strong winds. Locations impacted include... Winnemucca, Golconda, and Winnemucca Airport. Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake. Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
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- NWS — active weather alerts (Storm)
- Location
- NV, US
- Severity
- Moderate
- area
- Humboldt, NV
- event
- Dust Advisory
- onset
- 2026-10-09T18:31:00-07:00
- states
- ["NV"]
- urgency
- Expected
- certainty
- Likely
- effective
- 2026-10-09T18:31:00-07:00
- message id
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f59b67dafc458457f16eea53b7554557753aa759.001.1
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- []
- instruction
- Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your foot off the brake. Motorists should not drive into an area of blowing dust. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!
- message type
- Alert
- freshness minutes
- 60
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