Blowing Dust Advisories in Colorado
78 blowing dust advisories since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blowing dust advisories reaches back to 2005.
Blowing Dust Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blowing Dust Advisories
- 78
- Busiest year
- 202220 blowing dust advisories
- Average year
- 6over 14 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cheyenne County23
- Kit Carson County23
- Las Animas County23
- Pueblo County17
- Prowers County17
- Baca County16
- Otero County16
- Bent County15
- Kiowa County15
- Huerfano County14
- Crowley County14
- Yuma County13
- Rio Grande County12
- Alamosa County12
- Saguache County11
- Conejos County10
- Costilla County10
- El Paso County7
- Fremont County5
- Teller County5
- Custer County5
- Elbert County4
- Lincoln County4
- Washington County4
- Archuleta County3
- La Plata County3
- San Miguel County2
- Dolores County2
- Montezuma County2
- Adams County2
- Arapahoe County2
- Chaffee County2
- Logan County1
- Morgan County1
- Phillips County1
- Sedgwick County1
- Mineral County1
- Boulder County1
- Broomfield County1
- Jefferson County1
The latest blowing dust advisories
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 12:39 PM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 5 hr |
| May 18, 2:00 PM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 4 hr |
| May 18, 8:19 AM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 72 min |
| Mar 15, 10:04 AM MDT | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 8 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:54 PM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 4 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.