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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2025El Paso County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 24, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 444 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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

$$

Simcoe
3 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

$$

Simcoe
960 
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

$$

Simcoe
987 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBKiowa48 min
May 23, 8:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBKiowa24 min
May 23, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa33 min
May 23, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers33 min
May 23, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers33 min
May 24, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBDouglas33 min
May 24, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
May 24, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso27 min
May 24, 4:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso31 min
May 24, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 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.