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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 24, 2025Kiowa County, Colorado

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2025-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 887 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 2025-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

Hodanish
2 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

$$

Hodanish
148 
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

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee26 min
Aug 23, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont32 min
Aug 23, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBChaffee, Fremont31 min
Aug 23, 8:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
Aug 23, 8:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont45 min
Aug 24, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller23 min
Aug 24, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller30 min
Aug 24, 2:06 PM MDTFlood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more34 hr
Aug 24, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller24 min
Aug 24, 2:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Aug 24, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee23 min
Aug 24, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
Aug 24, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Aug 24, 3:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso92 min
Aug 24, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo34 min
Aug 24, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo40 min
Aug 24, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont34 min
Aug 24, 4:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBPueblo39 min
Aug 24, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Aug 24, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller28 min
Aug 24, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont27 min
Aug 24, 5:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa24 min
Aug 24, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano37 min
Aug 24, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo36 min
Aug 24, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
Aug 24, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca25 min
Aug 24, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Aug 24, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert34 min
Aug 24, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa44 min
Aug 24, 5:54 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa36 min
Aug 24, 5:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert33 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.