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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 30, 2005Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2005, 7:12 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 65 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 30, 2005, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2005, 8:17 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 30, 1:30 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 263 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 310113
TORPUB
COC009-071-310215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0003.050531T0112Z-050531T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
712 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT.

* AT 707 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO
  10 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR 32 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD. DOPPLER 
  RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE...
  OVER PRITCHETT BY 740 PM MDT

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY LARGE HAIL ARE
LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3728 10332 3713 10319 3731 10277 3751 10292

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 310134
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
734 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

COC009-071-310215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050531T0215Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
734 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN
BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 732 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS CENTERED 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR ABOUT 27 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER PRITCHETT BY 815 PM MDT

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3733 10321 3713 10319 3724 10275 3751 10292

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 310207
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
807 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

COC071-310217-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050531T0215Z/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
807 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAS ANIMAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED...

AT 802 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 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3744 10304 3718 10307 3724 10275 3751 10292

$$

COC009-310215-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050531T0215Z/
BACA CO-
807 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR WESTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM
MDT...

AT 802 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS CENTERED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR ABOUT 22 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN
BACA COUNTY.

IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3744 10304 3718 10307 3724 10275 3751 10292

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 310217
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
817 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

COC009-310227-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050531T0215Z/
BACA CO-
817 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN BACA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

AT 815 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
LIGHTNING...THE WEATHER HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE CRITERIA AND NO
LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3744 10304 3718 10307 3724 10275 3751 10292

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	64 min
May 30, 7:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	71 min
May 30, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	34 min
May 30, 8:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	91 min
May 30, 9:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	58 min
May 30, 10:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	90 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.