Alert archive / Colorado / Blowing Dust Warnings in 2021
Blowing Dust Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blowing dust warning at Apr 6, 2021, 3:39 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Rio Grande County, Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 6, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 5 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 6, 2021, 3:39 PM MDT (21:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2021, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 256 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
- 2733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
880 WWUS75 KPUB 062139 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 339 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 COZ069-070-070300- /O.NEW.KPUB.DU.W.0001.210406T2200Z-210407T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- 339 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...BLOWING DUST WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. For the Blowing Dust Warning, visibility less than one quarter mile in blowing dust expected. * WHERE...Northern and central San Luis Valley * WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Severely limited visibilities are expected. Travel will be dangerous and possibly life-threatening. Damaging winds can blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People with respiratory problems should make preparations to stay indoors until the storm passes. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. 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 your foot off the brake pedal. Remember, Pull Aside, Stay Alive. People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ COZ071-083-086>089-093-094-070300- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ Southern San Luis Valley- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County- Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County- Eastern Las Animas County- 339 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...West winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph shifting to the northwest late this afternoon and evening. * WHERE...Southern San Luis Valley, eastern Fremont, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Crowley, and Otero counties. * WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds can blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Areas of blowing dust could significantly reduce visibility at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ COZ095>099-070545- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210407T0600Z/ Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County- Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- 339 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Kiowa, Bent, Baca and Prowers Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Strong winds may cause damage to trees and power lines. Power outages will be possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles traveling on north south oriented roads this afternoon and east west oriented roads this evening as the cold front moves through. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Blowing dust may significantly reduce visibility at times. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
1 follow-up statement
598 WWUS75 KPUB 070306 NPWPUB URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 906 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 COZ069-070-070415- /O.EXP.KPUB.DU.W.0001.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- Alamosa Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet- 906 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...BLOWING DUST WARNING HAS EXPIRED... ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Winds will continue to slowly diminish through the remainder of the evening. $$ COZ071-083-086>089-093-094-070415- /O.EXP.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ Southern San Luis Valley- Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County- Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet- Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet- Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet- Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County- Eastern Las Animas County- 906 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING HAS EXPIRED... Winds will continue to slowly diminish through the remainder of the evening. $$ COZ095>099-070600- /O.CON.KPUB.HW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210407T0600Z/ Western Kiowa County-Eastern Kiowa County- Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County- Springfield Vicinity/Baca County- 906 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE...Kiowa, Bent, Baca and Prowers Counties. * WHEN...Until midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are expected. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on east to west highways. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 3:53 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 6, 4:21 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 10 hr |
| Apr 6, 9:18 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 6, 2:13 PM MDT | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache | 92 min |
| Apr 6, 2:45 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 29 hr |
| Apr 6, 5:56 PM MDT | Dust Storm Advisory | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 64 min |
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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.