Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 25, 2010, 4:01 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min. 2 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, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2010, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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, 4:12 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 5 E Sheridan Lake, CO | |
| May 25, 4:13 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 4 W Sheridan Lake, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 171 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.
333
WFUS55 KPUB 252201
TORPUB
COC061-252300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0022.100525T2201Z-100525T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
401 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 500 PM MDT
* AT 358 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 2 TORNADOES ON THE GROUND
3 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT
20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...INCLUDING
SHERIDAN LAKE.
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 3845 10213 3845 10241 3862 10244 3863 10221
3862 10214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 177DEG 17KT 3854 10230
$$3 follow-up statements
360
WWUS55 KPUB 252215
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
415 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100525T2300Z/
KIOWA CO-
415 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM MDT...
AT 412 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT TORNADOES...3
MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...HAD DISSIPATED. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL
TORNADOES MAY FORM SOON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...INCLUDING THE
AREA AROUND SHERIDAN LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3845 10213 3845 10241 3862 10244 3863 10221
3862 10214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 180DEG 5KT 3849 10229
$$815
WWUS55 KPUB 252231
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
431 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252300-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100525T2300Z/
KIOWA CO-
431 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY
UNTIL 500 PM MDT...
AT 425 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED NO TORNADOES ON THE
GROUND. HOWEVER...NEW TORNADOES COULD FORM ON SHORT NOTICE. THE
STORMS THAT COULD PRODUCE THESE TORNADOES WERE MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN 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 3845 10213 3845 10241 3862 10244 3863 10221
3862 10214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 180DEG 5KT 3849 10225
$$442
WWUS55 KPUB 252306
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
506 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
COC061-252313-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-100525T2300Z/
KIOWA CO-
506 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...THE WESTERNMOST TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FARTHER EAST IN
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WESTERNMOST WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3845 10213 3845 10241 3862 10244 3863 10221
3862 10214
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 180DEG 5KT 3849 10225
$$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, 3:44 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 61 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 |
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.