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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2025, 5:36 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 24, 2025, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 887 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted.
492
WFUS55 KPUB 242336
TORPUB
COC061-250000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0019.250824T2336Z-250825T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
536 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 600 PM MDT.
* At 536 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Eads, or 30 miles northwest of Lamar,
moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed.
Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree
damage is likely.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Kiowa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 10296 3849 10279 3833 10280 3834 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 016DEG 13KT 3845 10292
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
Hodanish2 follow-up statements
483
WWUS55 KPUB 242343
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
543 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025
COC061-250000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250825T0000Z/
Kiowa CO-
543 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
KIOWA COUNTY...
At 543 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 8 miles southwest of Eads, or 29 miles northwest of
Lamar, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Kiowa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 10296 3849 10279 3833 10280 3834 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 016DEG 13KT 3843 10293
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
Hodanish148
WWUS55 KPUB 242347
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
547 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025
COC061-250000-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-250825T0000Z/
Kiowa CO-
547 PM MDT Sun Aug 24 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
KIOWA COUNTY...
At 547 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles southwest of Eads, or 29 miles northwest of
Lamar, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Kiowa County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3853 10296 3849 10279 3833 10280 3834 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 016DEG 13KT 3842 10293
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 7:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 26 min |
| Aug 23, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 32 min |
| Aug 23, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 31 min |
| Aug 23, 8:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 8:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 24, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| Aug 24, 2:06 PM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Aug 24, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 3:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 92 min |
| Aug 24, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 40 min |
| Aug 24, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Aug 24, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 24 min |
| Aug 24, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 37 min |
| Aug 24, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| Aug 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 25 min |
| Aug 24, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 24, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 34 min |
| Aug 24, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Aug 24, 5:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Aug 24, 5:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 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.