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Dust Storm Advisory 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 20214 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this dust storm advisory at Jun 3, 2021, 5:32 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2021, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

742 
WWUS55 KPUB 032332
DSWPUB

Dust Advisory
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
532 PM MDT Thu Jun 3 2021

COC003-021-023-105-040030-
/O.NEW.KPUB.DS.Y.0002.210603T2332Z-210604T0030Z/
Alamosa CO-Rio Grande CO-Costilla CO-Conejos CO-
532 PM MDT Thu Jun 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Dust Advisory for...
  Southwestern Alamosa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Rio Grande County in south central Colorado...
  Southwestern Costilla County in south central Colorado...
  Conejos County in south central Colorado...

* Until 630 PM MDT.

* At 532 PM MDT, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 19
  miles southeast of Wolf Creek Pass to Alamosa to near Blanca,
  moving south at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...Less than one mile visibility with strong wind in excess 
           of 40 mph.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Hazardous travel.

Locations impacted include...
Alamosa, Manassa, Sanford, La Jara, Antonito, San Luis, Romeo,
Blanca, Jaroso, Capulin, San Pablo, Sanchez Reservoir, Alamosa East,
Mesita, San Acacio, Fort Garland, Conejos, Cumbres Pass, Bountiful
and Ortiz.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Blowing dust brings reduced visibility, leading to dangerous driving
conditions. If driving, avoid blowing dust if possible. If caught in
dense blowing dust, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10645 3740 10652 3754 10590 3745 10540
      3699 10531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 358DEG 18KT 3736 10648 3747 10590 3740 10549 

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	35 min
Jun 3, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Rio Grande	23 min
Jun 3, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	36 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.