Alert archive / Colorado / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at May 31, 2010, 1:57 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 63 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 31, 2010, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2010, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:01 PM MDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 W Pritchett, CO | HALF WAY TO THE SURFACE CANNOT SEE DEBRIS CLOUD |
| May 31, 2:51 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 E Pritchett, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
551
WFUS55 KPUB 311957
TORPUB
COC009-312100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0028.100531T1957Z-100531T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
157 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
* AT 152 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 20 MILES WEST
OF SPRINGFIELD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. AT 155 PM MDT A STORM
CHASER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3730 10307 3748 10306 3749 10306 3764 10263
3739 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 251DEG 11KT 3741 10296
$$3 follow-up statements
767
WWUS55 KPUB 312007
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
207 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
COC009-312100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100531T2100Z/
BACA CO-
207 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM MDT...
AT 205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 18 MILES WEST
OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3730 10307 3748 10306 3749 10306 3764 10263
3739 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 256DEG 12KT 3742 10294
$$770
WWUS55 KPUB 312023
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
223 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
COC009-312100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100531T2100Z/
BACA CO-
223 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM MDT...
AT 219 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PRITCHETT...OR 15 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE OF PING PONG
BALLS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT.
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 MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3730 10307 3748 10306 3749 10306 3764 10263
3739 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 256DEG 12KT 3743 10288
$$881
WWUS55 KPUB 312028
SVSPUB
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
228 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
COC009-312100-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100531T2100Z/
BACA CO-
228 PM MDT MON MAY 31 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY
UNTIL 300 PM MDT...
AT 224 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT...OR 19 MILES WEST
OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
THIS STORM IS ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL THE SIZE OF PING PONG
BALLS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRINGFIELD AND PRITCHETT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST COLORADO.
LAT...LON 3730 10307 3748 10306 3749 10306 3764 10263
3739 10253
TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 224DEG 13KT 3734 10294
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 12:32 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 31 hr |
| May 31, 2:48 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 57 min |
| May 31, 3:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| May 31, 4:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 min |
| May 31, 4:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| May 31, 5:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 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.