Blowing Dust Advisory: Washington Palouse; Upper Columbia Basin; Spokane Area; Waterville Plateau

source: us-gov-api (us-gov-api:noaa-weather)published 2026-10-08 13:33ingested 2026-10-09 02:49

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Blowing Dust Advisory — Washington Palouse; Upper Columbia Basin; Spokane Area; Waterville Plateau Severity: Moderate. Certainty: Likely. * WHAT...Patchy to localized areas of blowing dust expected, with visibility dropping to between one-quarter and one mile at times. Southwest to west winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts of 30 to 40 mph. * WHERE...Coulee City, Davenport, Oakesdale, Rockford, Airway Heights, Odessa, Wilbur, Harrington, Colfax, Cheney, Pullman, Waterville, Fairfield, Downtown Spokane, Ritzville, Uniontown, Spokane Valley, Rosalia, Mansfield, Tekoa, Badger Mountain Road, Grand Coulee, Creston, and La Crosse. * WHEN...From noon to 7 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Areas of blowing dust possible anywhere in the advisory, but strongest winds and highest potential for blowing dust expected along US-2 between Waterville and Airway Heights and I-90 from Ritzville to Spokane.

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