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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 10, 2005Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 10, 2005, 4:54 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 10, 2005, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 10, 2005, 5:53 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 10, 5:00 PM MDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Two Buttes, CO	TREES DOWN. OUT BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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, 10.9 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: 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 102254
TORPUB
COC009-110000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0007.050610T2254Z-050611T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
454 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  THIS INCLUDES SPRINGFIELD

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.

* AT 451 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
  PRITCHETT...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE STORM WILL BE...
  5 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD BY 520 PM MDT
  OVER TWO BUTTES BY 545 PM MDT

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 3747 10304 3730 10297 3740 10214 3763 10228

$$

4 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102310
SVSPUB

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

COC009-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050611T0000Z/
BACA CO-
507 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
MDT...

AT 505 PM MDT...TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN THE TWO BUTTES AREA. THE 
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 1 MILE NORTHEAST OF TWO BUTTES. POWER POLES WERE 
REPORTED DOWN ON HIGHWAY 287...NEAR MILE MARKER 15.   THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST 
AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER SPRINGFIELD BY 515 PM MDT
  OVER VILAS BY 535 PM MDT

IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE IN A RURAL AREA...AND THE TORNADO IS AT A 
DISTANCE...YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DRIVE OUT OF ITS PATH. IF YOU CANNOT 
DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...GET OUT OF YOUR 
VEHICLE AND LIE FLAT IN A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND 
COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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

LAT...LON 3747 10304 3730 10297 3740 10214 3763 10228

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102328
SVSPUB

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

COC009-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050611T0000Z/
BACA CO-
523 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
MDT...

...SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE REPORTED IN TWO BUTTES...

AT 5 PM...A TORNADO STRUCK TWO BUTTES IN BACA COUNTY COLORADO. 
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN TWO BUTTES. OUT BUILDINGS ARE 
DESTROYED...NUMEROUS TREES ARE DOWN AND MOBILE FIFTH WHEEL TRAILERS 
HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE IN THE VICINITY...AND TO 
THE NORTH OF...TWO BUTTES THROUGH 600 PM.

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

LAT...LON 3762 10299 3740 10296 3740 10214 3764 10229

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102340
SVSPUB

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

COC009-110000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050611T0000Z/
BACA CO-
538 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY UNTIL 600
PM MDT...

AT 533 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH RAPID ROTATION.  THE SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 10 MILES EAST OF WALSH...MOVING EAST AT 30 
MPH.

THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE STATE OF COLORADO AFTER 545 PM.

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

TORNADO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN TWO BUTTES BY THIS STORM.

LAT...LON 3761 10247 3732 10233 3739 10206 3763 10206

$$

000 
WWUS55 KPUB 102353
SVSPUB

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

COC009-110004-
/O.CAN.KPUB.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050611T0000Z/
BACA CO-
554 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

AT 544 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS
MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO
LIFE OR PROPERTY.

LAT...LON 3761 10247 3732 10233 3739 10206 3763 10206

$$

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, 3:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.