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Dust Storm Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 5, 20265 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this dust storm warning at May 5, 2026, 5:12 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2026, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2026, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 dust storm warning 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 dust storm warning went out at May 5, 1:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 1:10 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 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 4, 11:38 PM MDT	Winter Storm Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more	42 hr
May 5, 12:06 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more	44 hr
May 5, 4:39 PM MDT	Dust Storm Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla	36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.