UPDATE AT 5:52 P.M.:
The Latah County Sheriff's Office provided updated road closures for the Wallen Fire:
Wallen Road from Robinson Park Road to Larson Road.All of Teare Road.All of Kasper Road.
The sheriff's office asks the public to avoid these areas to allow crews to access the fire safely and efficiently.
No new evacuations have been put into effect, according to Watch Duty. Those with questions are asked to contact the Latah County Sheriff's Office or check its Facebook page at facebook.com/LatahCountySO.
The fire is currently estimated at 60 acres, according to Watch Duty.
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UPDATE AT 4:31 P.M.:
A "go now" evacuation was called for east of Moscow because of a wildfire Friday afternoon, according to the Latah County Sheriff's Office.
The fire is in the area of Wallen Road. Residences in these areas are under the sheriff office's immediate evacuation order:
Others are also asked to avoid the area of the wildfire.
According to Watch Duty, the fire was estimated to be 40 acres.
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UPDATE AT 3:27 P.M.:
The wind and blowing dirt may have been a factor in a wreck along U.S. Highway 95 that involved multiple vehicles. First responders are on the scene. The wreck is near milepost 322, which is south of Genesee.
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ORIGINAL POST:
Wind gusts of up to 45 mph blustered their way into the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley on Friday afternoon around 2 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Spokane.
The wind may have been to blame for a boat hitting the rocks and sinking in the Snake River near the Interstate Bridge. It appeared no one was injured in that incident.
According to the NWS, the sustained wind was around 30 mph, with gusts up to 45.
The wind was also a fact elsewhere in the region, such as Dusty, Wash., where visibility was down to less than a mile because of blowing dust, according to the weather service.