Warning Vector

Dust Advisory

NWS Spokane WA ยท US

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Details

Dust Advisory Issued September 25 At 1:43PM PDT Until September 25 At 2:30PM 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... Central Adams County in eastern Washington... * Until 230 PM PDT. * At 142 PM PDT, a dust channel was 16 miles east of Warden, or 18 miles north of Connell, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Hazard

Less than three miles visibility with strong wind in excess of 30 mph.

Source

Satellite.

Impacts

Hazardous travel. * This includes the following highways... Interstate 90 in Washington between mile markers 202 and 238. U.S. Highway 395 in Washington between mile markers 62 and 96. Locations impacted include... Ritzville, Lind, Hatton, Marcellus, Pizzro, Tokio, Packard, Schoonover, Cunningham, Beatrice, Paha, and Ralston.

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.

Affected areas

  • Adams County, WA

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Spokane WA

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~54s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M3D4YVY3Y0QT6K79VX3JAK2H
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6f9d5e367838c017973c4b2cc3522e9cfa386e3f.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.4309
WMO heading
XOUS56
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
56

Event codes

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceDSY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierDSWOTX
WMOidentifierWWUS56 KOTX 252043
eventMotionDescription2026-09-25T20:42:00-00:00...storm...221DEG...43KT...46.92,-118.71
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.KOTX.DS.Y.0009.260925T2043Z-260925T2130Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-25T14:30:00-07:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Adams County, WA
NameValue
SAME053001
UGCWAC001
Polygons
46.74,-118.92 46.74,-119.11 47.26,-118.61 47.26,-117.96 47.22,-117.96 46.73,-118.74 46.74,-118.92