Alert archive / Colorado / Dust Storm Warnings in 2021
Dust Storm Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this dust storm warning at Jan 15, 2021, 11:09 AM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 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, 11:09 AM MST (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 15, 2021, 1:15 PM MST
- In force
- 2 hr
- 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), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 11:35 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 56 | 9 S Springfield, CO | |
| Jan 15, 12:59 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON RAWS. |
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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
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WWUS55 KPUB 151817
DSWPUB
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1109 AM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
COC009-011-061-099-152015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.DS.W.0002.210115T1809Z-210115T2015Z/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
1109 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 115 PM MST.
* At 1109 AM MST, Satellite data continues to indicate widespread
areas of blowing dust across the eastern one half of the southeast
plains of Colorado. The most intense dust storm activity was
occurring generally east of a line from La Junta to Pritchett,
Colorado. This dust was being caused by winds blowing from the
northwest at 40 to 60 mph. Law enforcement is indicating
visibility is very poor across southeast Colorado.
HAZARD...Less than a quarter mile visibility with damaging wind in
excess of 60 mph.
SOURCE...Law enforcement.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
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 3705 10275 3851 10347 3851 10317 3861 10316
3860 10207 3757 10204 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 333DEG 36KT 3785 10296
$$
Hodanish1 follow-up statement
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WWUS55 KPUB 151931
DSWPUB
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1229 PM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
COC009-011-061-099-152015-
/O.CON.KPUB.DS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210115T2015Z/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-Kiowa CO-Bent CO-
1229 PM MST Fri Jan 15 2021
...A DUST STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MST FOR
PROWERS...BACA...KIOWA AND BENT COUNTIES...
At 1229 PM MST, Satellite data continues to indicate widespread
areas of blowing dust across the eastern one half of the southeast
plains of Colorado. The most intense dust storm activity was
occurring generally east of a line from La Junta to Pritchett,
Colorado. This dust was being caused by winds blowing from the
northwest at 40 to 60 mph. Law enforcement is indicating visibility
is very poor across southeast Colorado. Highway 287 was closed from
Kit Carson to Springfield.
HAZARD...Less than one quarter mile with damaging wind in excess
of 60 mph.
SOURCE...Satellite imagery and web cams.
IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.
Locations impacted include...
Lamar, Springfield, Las Animas, Holly, Eads, Walsh, Granada, Wiley,
Pritchett, Vilas, Campo, Sheridan Lake, Hartman, Haswell, Two Buttes,
Neeoshe Reservoir, Chivington, Blue Lake, Bristol and Sweetwater
Reservoir.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Dust storms lead to dangerous driving conditions with visibility
reduced to near zero. If driving, avoid dust storms if possible. If
caught in one, then pull off the road, turn off your lights and keep
your foot off the brake.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 10275 3851 10347 3851 10317 3861 10316
3860 10207 3757 10204 3699 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 333DEG 36KT 3713 10250
$$
HodanishThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 9:50 AM MST | Dust Storm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 85 min |
| 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.