Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2005, 6:30 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 81 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2005, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2005, 7:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 81 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KPUB 240032 SVRPUB COC025-240200- /O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.050524T0030Z-050524T0200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 800 PM MDT. * AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF ORDWAY...OR 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN 645 PM AND 705 PM. IF POSSIBLE...WITHOUT RISKING YOUR SAFETY...PROTECT PROPERTY BEFORE THE WEATHER HITS. GET IN A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR...OR A BASEMENT CAN OFFER THE BEST PROTECTION. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3846 10391 3828 10395 3821 10350 3842 10350 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 240047 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 COC025-240200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050524T0200Z/ CROWLEY CO- 646 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 643 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED OVER CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL CROWLEY COUNTY. THIS STORM IS BEGINNING TO CROSS HIGHWAY 71. IT SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY BY 710 PM MDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3846 10391 3828 10395 3820 10350 3840 10350 $$
000
WWUS55 KPUB 240108
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
707 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005
COC025-240200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050524T0200Z/
CROWLEY CO-
707 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL
800 PM MDT...
AT 705 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR
SUGAR CITY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH. ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR OLNEY SPRINGS.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CROWLEY
COUNTY...INCLUDING SUGAR CITY AND OLNEY SPRINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3844 10380 3815 10401 3812 10383 3820 10350
3840 10350
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 240130
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
730 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005
COC025-240200-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050524T0200Z/
CROWLEY CO-
730 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY
COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
AT 727 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...
AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED 7
MILES EAST OF SUGAR CITY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3824 10366 3811 10377 3811 10362 3816 10361
3817 10350 3828 10350 3830 10361
$$000 WWUS55 KPUB 240147 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 747 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 COC025-240200- /O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050524T0200Z/ CROWLEY CO- 747 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 745 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS CENTERED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3826 10354 3816 10361 3816 10350 3826 10350 $$
000 WWUS55 KPUB 240151 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 751 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 COC025-240201- /O.CAN.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050524T0200Z/ CROWLEY CO- 751 PM MDT MON MAY 23 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... AT 749 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LIGHTNING...THE WEATHER NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY IN THIS AREA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3826 10354 3816 10361 3816 10350 3826 10350 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 64 min |
| May 23, 7:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 57 min |
| May 24, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 93 min |
| May 24, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Colorado, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.