Dust Advisory
NWS Spokane WA ยท US
Details
Dust Advisory Issued September 17 At 4:09PM PDT Until September 17 At 4:45PM PDT By NWS Spokane WA
- Event
- Dust Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
The National Weather Service in Spokane has issued a * Dust Advisory for... Northeastern Adams County in eastern Washington... * Until 445 PM PDT. * At 408 PM PDT, a dust channel was over Ritzville, or 35 miles northeast of Connell, moving north at 15 mph.
Hazard
Less than one mile visibility with strong wind in excess of 30 mph.
Source
Trained weather spotters.
Impacts
Hazardous travel. * This includes the following highways... Interstate 90 in Washington between mile markers 205 and 237. U.S. Highway 395 in Washington between mile markers 87 and 96. Locations impacted include... Ritzville, Marcellus, Tokio, Packard, Schoonover, Jantz, and Paha.
Instructions
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!
Affected areas
- Adams County, WA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Spokane WA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~29s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RT3P1CY6X5QQE7K7R9N35J
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f9e40aad96a43a715821c99d60df11dbdda67d3f.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Spokane WA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPOTX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8089
- WMO heading
- XOUS56
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 56
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | DSY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | DSWOTX |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS56 KOTX 172309 |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T23:08:00-00:00...storm...174DEG...12KT...47.1,-118.41 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KOTX.DS.Y.0008.260917T2309Z-260917T2345Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-17T16:45:00-07:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Adams County, WA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 053001 |
| UGC | WAC001 |
- Polygons
- 47.0,-118.27 47.02,-118.74 47.24,-118.69 47.25,-118.02 47.0,-118.27