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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 10, 2005Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:50 PM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 55 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: Jun 10, 2005, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2005, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 55 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), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
Jun 10, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KPUB 102150
TORPUB
COC009-071-102245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0006.050610T2150Z-050610T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
350 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 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 445 PM MDT.

* AT 346 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH WAS RAPIDLY ROTATING AND CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS CENTERED NEAR KIM...
  OR 41 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN LAS
  ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES...INCLUDING KIM.

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 3735 10346 3717 10342 3719 10281 3746 10286

$$

3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102209
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
407 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

COC009-071-102245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050610T2245Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
407 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN
BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 403 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS CENTERED NEAR KIM...OR ABOUT 38 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
WIND GUSTS TO 65 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3735 10346 3717 10342 3719 10281 3746 10286

$$

HODANISH

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102225
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
425 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

COC009-071-102245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050610T2245Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
425 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN
BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 421 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS CENTERED 9 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR ABOUT 33 MILES WEST OF
SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3735 10346 3717 10342 3719 10281 3746 10286

$$

HODANISH

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102237
SVSPUB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
437 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

COC009-071-102245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050610T2245Z/
BACA CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
437 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN
BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 434 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO 
REPORTED CLOUD BASE ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 12 MILES EAST OF KIM...OR ABOUT 30 MILES 
WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

LAT...LON 3735 10346 3717 10342 3719 10281 3746 10286

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 9, 11:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	2 hr
Jun 10, 12:24 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jun 10, 12:36 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa	66 min
Jun 10, 3:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	96 min
Jun 10, 4:54 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	59 min
Jun 10, 5:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	54 min
Jun 10, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	56 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.