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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 17, 2025El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this tornado warning at Jun 17, 2025, 12:45 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 30 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 17, 2025, 12:45 PM MDT (18:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2025, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
1.0 in

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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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
Jun 17, 10:48 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 296 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2025-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2025-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -46 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4428 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

877 
WFUS55 KPUB 171845
TORPUB
COC041-119-171915-
/O.NEW.KPUB.TO.W.0008.250617T1845Z-250617T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1245 PM MDT Tue Jun 17 2025

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northeastern Teller County in central Colorado...
  West central El Paso County in east central Colorado...

* Until 115 PM MDT.

* At 1245 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Woodland Park, or 19 miles northwest of
  Colorado Springs, moving east at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Woodland Park around 1250 PM MDT.
  Green Mountain Falls and Crystola around 1255 PM MDT.

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.1

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10517 3904 10514 3905 10493 3891 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 277DEG 10KT 3899 10511 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

mw
2 follow-up statements
796 
WWUS55 KPUB 171858
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1258 PM MDT Tue Jun 17 2025

COC041-119-171915-
/O.CON.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250617T1915Z/
Teller CO-El Paso CO-
1258 PM MDT Tue Jun 17 2025

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES...

At 1257 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado 
was located near Crystola, or 13 miles northwest of Colorado 
Springs, moving east southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and quarter 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 dangerous storm will be near...
  Cascade and Chipita Park around 105 PM MDT.

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 3894 10512 3902 10510 3903 10493 3891 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1857Z 289DEG 16KT 3896 10502 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN

$$

mw
814 
WWUS55 KPUB 171912
SVSPUB

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
112 PM MDT Tue Jun 17 2025

COC041-119-171921-
/O.EXP.KPUB.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-250617T1915Z/
Teller CO-El Paso CO-
112 PM MDT Tue Jun 17 2025

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL
PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 PM MDT...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM MDT for
central and east central Colorado.

&&

LAT...LON 3894 10512 3902 10510 3903 10493 3891 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 1911Z 277DEG 10KT 3896 10497 

$$

mw

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 10:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 17, 11:23 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 17, 11:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller45 min
Jun 17, 12:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller24 min
Jun 17, 12:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso27 min
Jun 17, 12:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 min
Jun 17, 12:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBEl Paso, Teller46 min
Jun 17, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Jun 17, 12:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso36 min
Jun 17, 1:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jun 17, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jun 17, 1:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso40 min
Jun 17, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo26 min
Jun 17, 1:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller38 min
Jun 17, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Pueblo50 min
Jun 17, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller32 min
Jun 17, 2:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo32 min
Jun 17, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo39 min
Jun 17, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBKiowa37 min
Jun 17, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo18 min
Jun 17, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa30 min
Jun 17, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas18 min
Jun 17, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas39 min
Jun 17, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Jun 17, 4:09 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBLas Animas36 min
Jun 17, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa34 min
Jun 17, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller40 min
Jun 17, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas34 min
Jun 17, 4:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano29 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBTeller31 min
Jun 17, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Jun 17, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas17 min
Jun 17, 5:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano45 min
Jun 17, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Jun 17, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Teller46 min
Jun 17, 5:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso36 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.