Blowing Dust Advisory

BLOWING DUST ADVISORY
NWS SPOKANE WA
338 AM PDT FRI OCT 4 2024

WAZ034>036-044-050200-
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200 PM PDT FRI OCT 4 2024
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-Spokane Area-Waterville Plateau-

...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON
TO 7 PM PDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile due to blowing
dust expected.  Sustained southwest to west winds of 15 to 25 mph
with gusts 30 to 40 mph.

* WHERE...Harrington, Airway Heights, Mansfield, Davenport, Creston,
Fairfield, Rockford, Moses Lake, Coulee City, Odessa, Cheney,
Ephrata, Othello, Quincy, Waterville, Wilbur, and Ritzville.

* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 7 PM PDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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'.

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