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Blowing Dust Advisory 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 7, 20224 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blowing dust advisory at Apr 7, 2022, 11:19 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2022, 11:19 AM MDT (17:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2022, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2022-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
114 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
303 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blowing dust advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blowing dust advisory went out at Apr 7, 8:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 8:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:21 AM MDT, 6 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
421 AM MDT Thu Apr 7 2022

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Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-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-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
421 AM MDT Thu Apr 7 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Another day of strong winds and high fire danger can be expected
across southern Colorado today, with strong north winds gusting to
between 40 and 60 mph developing this morning across all of south
central and southeast Colorado. The strongest winds are expected
across eastern portions of Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca counties.
The strong winds, combined with dry conditions, will develop
critical fire weather conditions across the San Luis Valley and all
of the southeast plains later this morning, which will continue into
the early evening when the strongest winds are expected to subside.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Strong winds and low relative humidity values will continue on
Friday, bringing another day of possible Critical Fire Weather
conditions across the far eastern plains.

Critical Fire Weather conditions remain possible Saturday through
Tuesday over the San Luis Valley, the I-25 corridor, and the
eastern plains.

Precipitation chances increase late Sunday through Tuesday, with
snow over the mountains and rain at lower elevations at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be
possible across all of south central and southeast Colorado today
and tonight.

23/SIMCOE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 10:17 AM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 8:54 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBBaca, Kiowa, Prowers34 hr

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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.