Dust Storm Warnings in Colorado
58 dust storm warnings 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 dust storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Dust Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Dust Storm Warnings
- 58
- Busiest year
- 202213 dust storm warnings
- Average year
- 7over 8 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.
- Kit Carson County15
- Baca County14
- Prowers County13
- Cheyenne County11
- Bent County11
- Alamosa County9
- Kiowa County8
- Yuma County7
- Pueblo County6
- Saguache County6
- Las Animas County5
- Conejos County5
- Rio Grande County5
- Costilla County5
- Huerfano County4
- Otero County4
- Crowley County4
- El Paso County3
- Lincoln County2
- Washington County2
- Elbert County1
- Chaffee County1
- Custer County1
- Fremont County1
- Logan County1
- Phillips County1
- Adams County1
- Arapahoe County1
The latest dust storm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 4:20 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 3:46 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Saguache | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 3:21 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 3:14 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 2:14 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 20 min |
| May 30, 7:18 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 42 min |
| May 18, 9:14 AM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Saguache | 46 min |
| May 16, 5:08 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 37 min |
| May 5, 5:12 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Huerfano, Rio Grande | 63 min |
| May 5, 4:39 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla | 36 min |
| Mar 15, 9:21 AM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa | 24 min |
| Jan 16, 11:28 AM MST | Dust Storm Warning | GLD | Kit Carson | 32 min |
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.