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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
506 PM MDT MON APR 29 2013

COZ069>073-300000-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-DEL NORTE
VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-NORTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
506 PM MDT MON APR 29 2013
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR...
  ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
   THIS INCLUDES...ALAMOSA.
  EASTERN CONEJOS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
  WESTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
  NORTHEASTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
STRONG HEATING OF THE GROUND AND THE RESULTING UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE
CAN CAUSE STRONG DUST DEVILS TO FORM. WINDS COULD APPROACH 60 MPH IN
THE STRONGEST DUST DEVILS...WHICH COULD DAMAGE WEAKER STRUCTURES AND
SANDBLAST ANYTHING IN THEIR PATH.
IF YOU SEE A STRONG DUST DEVIL APPROACHING...GO TO SHELTER IN A
BUILDING OR VEHICLE. DO NOT DRIVE INTO DUST DEVILS. THE RAPID CHANGE
IN WINDS COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND COULD
DAMAGE THE EXTERIOR OF YOUR VEHICLE...OR CAUSE TEMPERED GLASS WINDOWS
TO SHATTER.
OCCASIONALLY...DUST DEVILS MOVE INTO AN AREA OF UPDRAFTS OF RAPIDLY
BUILDING CLOUDS. THE RESULT CAN BE AN INTENSIFICATION OF THE DUST
DEVIL CIRCULATION...WHICH DEVELOPS INTO A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO.
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