Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 2005, 5:15 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 60 min. 4 reports 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
- Jul 5, 2005, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Eads, CO | |
| Jul 5, 5:30 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 70 | Eads, CO | LIVE TREES DOWN. POWER LINES DOWN. SEVERAL FUNNELS REPORTED. |
| Jul 5, 5:41 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Eads, CO | |
| Jul 5, 6:15 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Brandon, CO |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 613 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1346 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS55 KPUB 052315 TORPUB COC061-060015- /O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0009.050705T2315Z-050706T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 515 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. * UNTIL 615 PM MDT. * AT 514 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 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS...OR 37 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE STORM WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE BY 600 PM MDT. 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF TOWNER BY 615 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 3861 10303 3827 10303 3827 10205 3862 10205 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KPUB 052322 SVSPUB SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 522 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 COC061-060015- /O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050706T0015Z/ KIOWA CO- 522 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT... AT 518 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF EADS...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE... 4 MILES NORTH OF EADS BY 530 PM MDT. 5 MILES NORTH OF CHIVINGTON BY 555 PM MDT. OVER SHERIDAN LAKE BY 615 PM MDT. BRANDON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. LAT...LON 3861 10303 3827 10303 3827 10205 3862 10205 $$
000
WWUS55 KPUB 052348
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
546 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005
COC061-060015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050706T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
546 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 545 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS CENTERED 6 MILES NORTH OF NEE NOSHE RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
OVER CHIVINGTON BY 610 PM MDT.
BRANDON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
ANOTHER STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARLINGTON.
THIS STORM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO ALONG WITH
HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3860 10317 3851 10317 3850 10323 3826 10322
3827 10205 3862 10205
$$000
WWUS55 KPUB 060007
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
606 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005
COC061-060015-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-050706T0015Z/
KIOWA CO-
606 PM MDT TUE JUL 5 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR KIOWA COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT...
AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH ROTATION. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS CENTERED NEAR BRANDON...OR ABOUT 26 MILES NORTH OF LAMAR...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
OVER SHERIDAN LAKE BY 615 PM MDT.
BRANDON IS ALSO IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
OFFICIALS REPORT SOME TREES AND POWER LINES ARE DOWN IN EADS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IN A HOUSE IS IN A BASEMENT...UNDER STURDY
FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...IN
AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...SUCH AS A CLOSET OR
BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER AND PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...OR IN A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...GO TO A
NEARBY STURDY STRUCTURE AND GET IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF THERE IS NO STURDY
STRUCTURE AVAILABLE...AS A LAST RESORT...GO TO A CULVERT...DITCH...OR
OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3860 10317 3851 10317 3850 10323 3826 10322
3827 10205 3862 10205
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 56 min |
| Jul 4, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 56 min |
| Jul 5, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 93 min |
| Jul 5, 5:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 53 min |
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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.