Alert archive / Colorado / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2025
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2025, 5:41 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2025, 5:41 PM MDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2025, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 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.
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 24, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 400 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
- 444 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -376 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
013
WUUS55 KPUB 242341
SVRPUB
COC041-250015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0021.250524T2341Z-250525T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
541 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 540 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Calhan, or 33
miles west of Limon, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ramah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3900 10406 3907 10438 3913 10437 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 275DEG 20KT 3910 10428
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Simcoe3 follow-up statements
758
WWUS55 KPUB 250003
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
603 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025
COC041-250015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250525T0015Z/
El Paso CO-
603 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
At 602 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ramah, or 25
miles southwest of Limon, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ramah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 10406 3908 10426 3913 10425 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 275DEG 20KT 3909 10412
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Simcoe960
WWUS55 KPUB 250004
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
604 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025
COC041-250015-
/O.CON.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250525T0015Z/
El Paso CO-
604 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
At 603 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ramah, or 25
miles southwest of Limon, moving east at 25 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Ramah.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3904 10406 3908 10426 3913 10425 3913 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0003Z 275DEG 20KT 3909 10411
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
Simcoe987 WWUS55 KPUB 250014 SVSPUB Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 614 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025 COC041-250024- /O.EXP.KPUB.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250525T0015Z/ El Paso CO- 614 PM MDT Sat May 24 2025 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT... The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However, small hail and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for east central Colorado. && LAT...LON 3904 10406 3908 10426 3913 10425 3913 10405 TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 275DEG 20KT 3909 10404 $$ Simcoe
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 48 min |
| May 23, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 23, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| May 23, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 33 min |
| May 23, 9:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| May 24, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| May 24, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.