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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2025, 8:39 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 36 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
- Jun 5, 2025, 8:39 PM MDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2025, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 889 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
555
WFUS55 KPUB 060239
TORPUB
COC009-060315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0002.250606T0239Z-250606T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
839 PM MDT Thu Jun 5 2025
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 915 PM MDT.
* At 839 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 11 miles southwest of Stonington, or 19 miles southeast
of Springfield, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size 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
southeastern Baca 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 3718 10244 3727 10237 3719 10204 3700 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0239Z 295DEG 32KT 3721 10236
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
$$
MG2 follow-up statements
755
WWUS55 KPUB 060251
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
851 PM MDT Thu Jun 5 2025
COC009-060315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250606T0315Z/
Baca CO-
851 PM MDT Thu Jun 5 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...
At 851 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles south of Stonington, or 21 miles northwest of
Elkhart, moving southeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado and two inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Baca County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3715 10238 3721 10228 3715 10204 3700 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0251Z 295DEG 32KT 3716 10224
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
MG817
WWUS55 KPUB 060302
SVSPUB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
902 PM MDT Thu Jun 5 2025
COC009-060315-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250606T0315Z/
Baca CO-
902 PM MDT Thu Jun 5 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY...
At 902 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 12 miles south of Stonington, or 15 miles northwest of
Elkhart, moving southeast at 35 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
southeastern Baca 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 3712 10232 3718 10217 3715 10204 3700 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0302Z 295DEG 32KT 3712 10213
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.00 IN
$$
MGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 51 min |
| Jun 5, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 7:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 7:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 8:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 16 min |
| Jun 5, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 16 min |
| Jun 6, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Gunnison | 17 min |
| Jun 6, 12:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 12:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jun 6, 1:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 32 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 31 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min | |
| Jun 6, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 2:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| Jun 6, 2:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Jun 6, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 3:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 min |
| Jun 6, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 3:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 23 min |
| Jun 6, 3:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jun 6, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jun 6, 5:36 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 6, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jun 6, 5:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 48 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.