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Dust Storm Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

December 15, 20216 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this dust storm warning at Dec 15, 2021, 9:27 AM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 63 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: Dec 15, 2021, 9:27 AM MST (16:27 UTC)
Expired: Dec 15, 2021, 10:30 AM MST
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Dec 15, 9:53 AM MST	NON-TSTM WND GST 67	4 S Cheraw, CO	ASOS STATION KLHX LA JUNTA AIRPORT.
Dec 15, 10:18 AM MST	NON-TSTM WND DMG	Rocky Ford, CO	POWER LINES DOWN BETWEEN ROCKY FORD AND MANZANOLA.

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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 2403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 264 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

264 
WWUS55 KPUB 151627
DSWPUB

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Dust Storm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
927 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021

COC011-025-041-061-089-101-151730-
/O.NEW.KPUB.DS.W.0008.211215T1627Z-211215T1730Z/
Otero CO-El Paso CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-Bent CO-
927 AM MST Wed Dec 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Dust Storm Warning for...
  Central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
  Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
  Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northeastern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...
  Northwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1030 AM MST.

* At 926 AM MST, a wall of dust was along a line extending from 7
  miles southwest of Truckton to 7 miles northeast of Boone to 9
  miles southwest of Fowler, moving east at 60 mph.

  HAZARD...Near zero visibility with damaging winds of 60 to 70 mph.

  SOURCE...Trained weather spotters.

  IMPACT...Dangerous life-threatening travel.

Locations impacted include...
La Junta, North La Junta, Rocky Ford, Las Animas, Fowler, Ordway,
Swink, Manzanola, Olney Springs, Boone, Sugar City, Cheraw, Crowley,
Pueblo Depot, Blue Lake, Avondale, Arlington and John Martin
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.

Motorists should not drive into a dust storm. PULL ASIDE STAY ALIVE!

&&

LAT...LON 3868 10405 3852 10405 3853 10322 3818 10316
      3784 10316 3799 10439 3833 10440 3871 10435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1626Z 283DEG 54KT 3863 10424 3833 10417 3804 10415 

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 15, 6:02 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	43 min
Dec 15, 7:01 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
Dec 15, 7:11 AM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
Dec 15, 7:22 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	23 min
Dec 15, 8:30 AM MST	Snow Squall Warning	PUB	El Paso	45 min
Dec 15, 9:04 AM MST	Dust Storm Warning	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	26 min
Dec 15, 9:59 AM MST	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more	6 hr
Dec 15, 11:34 AM MST	Blowing Dust Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more	4 hr

Nearby

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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.