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Blowing Dust Advisory 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 29, 2014, 8:42 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 29, 2014, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 105 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2014, 8:42 AM MDT (14:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2014, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2014, 10:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 105 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Apr 29, 3:46 AM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:46 AM MDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 6:33 AM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 633 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-301245- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 633 AM MDT TUE APR 29 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. NORTH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE EXPECTED OVER EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...AND EAST OF AN OLNEY SPRINGS TO TRINCHERA LINE. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ON EAST-WEST HIGHWAYS...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 24...50...94 AND 96. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE POSSIBLE OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO...WHICH WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES ON AREA ROADWAYS. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED WITH ANY TRAVEL OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS. ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS...SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE...SHOULD BE BROUGHT INDOORS OF SECURED SO THEY DO NOT BLOW AWAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE TODAY AND TONIGHT. AREAS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS WILL BE FAVORED GIVEN THE FLOW PATTERN...AND A COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. MOST LOCATIONS WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S. THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE COLD TEMPERATURES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. EARLY THURSDAY MORNING FREEZING OR NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. 88/28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 9:15 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:45 AM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
Blowing Dust Advisories in Colorado, 2014Every blowing dust advisory in 2014
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.