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Blowing Dust Advisory 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 18, 20265 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this blowing dust advisory at May 18, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO

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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 18, 11:35 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 11:35 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 12:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 18, 11:06 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1106 AM MDT Mon May 18 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1052 AM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 2 S Alamosa             37.43N 105.87W
05/18/2026  M69 MPH          Alamosa            CO   ASOS

            ASOS station KALS Alamosa Airport.

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Local storm report, May 18, 1:43 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 18, 1:44 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 8:19 AM MDT	Blowing Dust Advisory	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	72 min
May 18, 9:14 AM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Saguache	46 min
May 18, 9:31 AM MDT	Blowing Dust Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache	4 hr
May 18, 11:11 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande	3 hr
May 18, 11:30 AM MDT	Frost Advisory	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Pueblo	21 hr
May 18, 11:30 AM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	El Paso	21 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.