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Dust Storm Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this dust storm warning at Jan 15, 2021, 9:50 AM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 85 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 15, 2021, 9:50 AM MST (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2021, 11:15 AM MST
- In force
- 85 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 10:06 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 4 Wsw Lamar, CO | |
| Jan 15, 10:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | CDOT GOBBLERS KNOB. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 2264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 119 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 741 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
660
WWUS55 KPUB 151653
DSWPUB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
950 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
COC009-011-061-099-151815-
/O.NEW.KPUB.DS.W.0001.210115T1650Z-210115T1815Z/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
950 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Dust Storm Warning for...
Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 1115 AM MST.
* At 950 AM MST, Several bands of blowing dust were located over
Bent, Kiowa, Prowers and Bent counties. This dust was being caused
by strong northwest winds of 40 to 60 mph.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility.
SOURCE...Satellite data.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
* highway 287 and US 50 will be impacted by this blowing dust.
Locations impacted include...
Lamar, Springfield, Las Animas, Holly, Eads, Walsh, Granada, Wiley,
Pritchett, Vilas, Campo, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Haswell, Two Buttes,
Neeoshe Reservoir, Chivington, Blue Lake, Bristol and Sweetwater
Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep your
foot off the brake.
&&
LAT...LON 3702 10204 3702 10271 3850 10348 3851 10313
3858 10312 3859 10207
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 330DEG 27KT 3761 10257
$$
HodanishThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:09 AM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 2 hr |
| Jan 15, 1:01 PM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 119 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.