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Wind and Dust Advisory
Issued: 9:48 PM May. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
...BLOWING DUST ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Visibility between one-quarter and one mile in blowing dust. * WHERE...Portions of east central Colorado and northwest and west central Kansas. * WHEN...Until 7 PM MDT /8 PM CDT/ this evening. * IMPACTS...Hazardous driving conditions due to reduced visibility. Poor air quality may cause issues for people with respiratory problems. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Dust will likely form into individual plumes with lowest visibilities near dust sources like open fields. Expect conditions to change rapidly as you approach these plumes and use caution if traveling. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Blowing dust can significantly lower air quality and it is encouraged that you take preventative measures such as staying indoors or wearing protective breathing masks if outside. High dust concentrations can cause respiratory problems, decrease lung activity, aggravate asthma, and lead to potential heart-related problems, especially with children, elderly or those with pre-existing respiratory conditions. Be ready for a sudden drop in visibility to near zero. If you encounter blowing dust or blowing sand on the roadway or see it approaching, pull off the road as far as possible and put your vehicle in park. Turn the lights all the way off and keep foot off the brake pedal. Remember, 'Pull Aside, Stay Alive'. &&
Tornado Watch
Issued: 8:00 PM May. 18, 2025 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 286 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN COLORADO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO KIT CARSON IN NORTHEAST COLORADO YUMA IN KANSAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS CHEYENNE DECATUR GRAHAM NORTON RAWLINS SHERIDAN SHERMAN THOMAS IN WEST CENTRAL KANSAS GOVE LOGAN WALLACE WICHITA IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA DUNDY HITCHCOCK RED WILLOW THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ATWOOD, BENKELMAN, BIRD CITY, BURLINGTON, COLBY, CULBERTSON, GOODLAND, GRAINFIELD, GRINNELL, HILL CITY, HOXIE, LEOTI, MCCOOK, NORTON, OAKLEY, OBERLIN, PALISADE, QUINTER, SHARON SPRINGS, ST. FRANCIS, STRATTON NE, TRENTON, WRAY, AND YUMA.
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