A dust storm was reported north-northeast of Kit Carson as an arctic cold front moved through. Behind the arctic air mass, wind gusts of 20-35 MPH gusts and temperatures falling to the teens below zero, moved over East Central Colorado.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
A dust storm was reported north-northeast of Kit Carson as an arctic cold front moved through. Behind the arctic air mass, wind gusts of 20-35 MPH gusts and temperatures falling to the teens below zero, moved over East Central Colorado. The coldest wind chills approached -50F during the worst of the cold.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 20, 4:55 PM MST, 21 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 extreme cold/wind chill, 1 dust storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind chills of -25F to -47F were reported across the county.
Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.
Wind chills of -25F to -39F were reported across the county.
Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.
Wind chills of -25F to -46F were reported across the county.
Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.
Quarter mile visibilities were reported briefly from blowing dust 10 NNE of Kit Carson as the arctic front moved through.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, December 2022
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1072496, 1072494, 1072495, 1072540.