Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 3:44 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 61 min. 3 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
- May 25, 2010, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2010, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:53 PM MDT | TORNADO | 1 S Towner, CO | 1 SOUTH OF TOWNER. |
| May 25, 3:55 PM MDT | TORNADO | 3 W Towner, CO | |
| May 25, 3:55 PM MDT | TORNADO | Towner, CO | ON GROUND 3 WEST TOWNER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 2506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
140
WFUS55 KPUB 252144
TORPUB
COC061-252245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0021.100525T2144Z-100525T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
* AT 339 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
TOWNER...OR 37 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS
TORNADO MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10221 3863 10218 3862 10205 3861 10204
3855 10203 3834 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 190DEG 20KT 3844 10208
$$4 follow-up statements
837
WWUS55 KPUB 252154
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
354 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100525T2245Z/
KIOWA CO-
354 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...
AT 352 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 1 MILE
SOUTH OF TOWNER. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER AND RURAL AREAS AROUND TOWNER IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN KIOWA
COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10221 3863 10218 3862 10205 3861 10204
3855 10203 3834 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 190DEG 20KT 3848 10207
$$520
WWUS55 KPUB 252158
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
358 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100525T2245Z/
KIOWA CO-
358 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...
AT 355 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 3 MILES
WEST OF TOWNER. THIS TORNADO WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10221 3863 10218 3862 10205 3861 10204
3855 10203 3834 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 177DEG 17KT 3848 10211
$$892
WWUS55 KPUB 252212
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
412 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100525T2245Z/
KIOWA CO-
412 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...
AT 407 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO ABOUT 3
MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOWNER. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TOWNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10221 3863 10218 3862 10205 3861 10204
3855 10203 3834 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 176DEG 6KT 3846 10211
$$802
WWUS55 KPUB 252225
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
425 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252245-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100525T2245Z/
KIOWA CO-
425 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...
AT 421 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR TOWNER...OR 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...
MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3836 10221 3863 10218 3862 10205 3861 10204
3855 10203 3834 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 175DEG 8KT 3853 10213
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Prowers | 17 min |
| May 25, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| May 25, 4:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
| May 25, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 50 min |
| May 25, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 56 min |
| May 25, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| May 25, 4:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 43 min |
| May 25, 5:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 56 min |
| May 25, 5:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 52 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.