1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 24, 1:59 PM MST, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT SUN APR 24 2005 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND MONDAY) CURRENTLY: NEG TILTED TROUGH LAY ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE US SUNDAY AFTN...WITH THE UPPER LOW STATIONED OVER THE UT/NV BORDER. PLENTY OF DYNAMICS AND A DEEP MOISTURE FEED KEPT A THICK CLOUD SHIELD AND SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA TODAY. A DRY POCKET WAS CROSSING N AZ AND NM JUST PRIOR TO FORECAST PACKAGE ISSUANCE...WHICH WAS HELPING TO ENHANCE CONVECTION ACROSS THOSE AREAS AS WAS EVIDENT BY LTG CHARTS. TEMPS HAVE STRUGGLED TO WARM OUT OF THE 40S TODAY IN MOST AREAS EXCEPT FOR THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...WHERE GUSTY SOUTH SFC WINDS BOOSTED TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S BEFORE PCPN MOVED IN. SNOW SHOWERS HAVE BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ALONG THE CONTDVD...WITH RAIN AT MOST LOCATIONS ELSEWHERE. TONIGHT AND TOMORROW: DEALING WITH EQUIPMENT AND MODEL INGEST ISSUES SO WILL KEEP THIS BRIEF. THE UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN WILL WEAKEN AND NOODLE OUT...WITH THE UPPER LOW SLIDING TO THE EAST AND GETTING ABSORBED BY THE LARGER CYCLONIC CIRCULATION OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION. A SFC COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP DOWN THE E PLAINS LATE TONIGHT...WITH NORTHERLY SFC FLOW PERSISTING THROUGH THE DAY. PCPN EARLY THIS EVENING SHOULD BECOME INTERMITTENT FOR A PERIOD...BEFORE FILLING BACK IN AGAIN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS THE FRONT DROPS SOUTHWARD. FOCUS AREAS WILL BE TELLER COUNTY AND N EL PASO COUNTY TONIGHT...THE WETS OVERNIGHT...THEN FINALLY THE SANGRES AND S FOOTHILLS TOMORROW MORN AS H7 WINDS BECOME MORE NE AND INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT. MEANWHILE...ACROSS THE WEST PCPN NEVER TRULY COMES TO AN END BUT DEFINITELY TAPERS OFF...EXCEPT FOR PERHAPS THE CENT MTS. ALL ONGOING HIGHLIGHTS LOOK GOOD RIGHT NOW SO WILL NOT ALTER...BUT EVENING SHIFT MIGHT HAVE TO MONITOR ZONES 58 AND 60 FOR POSSIBLE TIME EXTENSION. AS FOR TEMPS...COOLED MIN TEMPS SLIGHTLY TONIGHT TO ACCOUNT FOR COLDER N SURGE...THEN BUMPED MAX TEMPS UP A DEGREE OR TWO IN SOME LOCATIONS TOMORROW FOR POSSIBLE BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER. OTHERWISE...NOT MANY FORECAST CHANGES WERE NEEDED. MOORE// .LONG TERM... (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) LINGERING LIGHT PRECIP POSSIBLE MON EVENING...ESPECIALLY SRN BORDER AREAS WHICH WILL BE THE LAST TO DRY OUT. KEPT AT LEAST SOME ISOLATED POPS GOING FOR MUCH OF MON NIGHT. TUE LOOKS FAIRLY DRY OVER MOST OF THE AREA...THOUGH A FEW CU BUILDUPS AND SPRINKLES NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION OVER MAINLY MT AREAS. KEPT THE LOW POPS GOING FOR MOST MT ZONES...DRY SAN LUIS VALLEY AND PLAINS. NUDGED MAX TEMPS UPWARD SLIGHTLY WITH MORE SUN AND FAIRLY GOOD MIXING. NEXT FRONT DROPS SOUTH INTO NERN CO WED...THEN HANGS UP SOMEWHERE OVER SERN CO IN THE THU/FRI TIME FRAME. GFS SUGGESTS BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP WILL BE JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE AREA IN ZONE OF BETTER BAROCLINICITY OVER NRN CO...BUT WITH BOUNDARY IN THE AREA AND POTENTIAL FOR MOIST UPSLOPE...THE CURRENT BROADBRUSH OF LOW POPS THROUGH FRIDAY APPEARS REASONABLE. MAIN WRN U.S. UPPER TROUGH APPEARS TO LIFT OUT LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...WITH USUAL RUN TO RUN DIFFERENCES ON SPEED AND STRENGTH. LATEST GFS LOOKS RATHER PROGRESSIVE...WITH BEST PRECIP NORTH OF THE AREA. NOT COMPLETELY CONVINCED THIS WILL HAPPEN...AS SYSTEMS THE LAST FEW MONTHS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY DEEPER AND SLOWER THAN MODEL SOLUTIONS. CURRENT GRIDS HAVE CHANCE POPS FROM FRI NIGHT INTO SUN...ALONG WITH COOLER TEMPS...AND SEE LITTLE REASON TO CHANGE THINGS AT THIS POINT. --ETP && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO NOON MONDAY FOR COZ072-COZ073-COZ074-COZ075-COZ079-COZ080-COZ081-COZ082. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MONDAY FOR COZ058-COZ060- COZ066-COZ068. && 27/10
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 707 AM MDT SUN APR 24 2005 COZ058>089-093>099-251315- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 707 AM MDT SUN APR 24 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTHEAST COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...CO AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES ABOVE 10000 FEET... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON MONDAY FOR PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE...THE WET MOUNTAINS AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THESE AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ABOVE 10000 FEET. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WOLF CREEK PASS AREA. SNOW MAY SPREAD INTO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS DOWN TO AROUND 8000 FEET AT TIMES TODAY...HOWEVER WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS SHOULD ALLOW THE SNOWFALL TO MELT...WHICH SHOULD LIMIT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BELOW 10000 FEET. AS TEMPERATURES COOL TONIGHT...SNOW LEVELS WILL DROP TO AROUND 7000 FEET OVERNIGHT ALLOWING ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO SPREAD INTO THE MOUNTAIN AREAS BELOW 10000 FEET WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BY EARLY MORNING. NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS INCLUDING PIKES PEAK AND THE RAMPART RANGE...AND THE WET MOUNTAINS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 10 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THESE AREAS TONIGHT AS THE RAIN CHANGES OVER TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY EVENING AND SPREADS SOUTHWARD. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NORTHEAST FACING SLOPES. ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWS WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE MOUNTAIN NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE SYSTEM IS NOT AS COLD AS THE SYSTEM COMING ACROSS COLORADO TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AND IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE ROCKIES ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE NEXT SYSTEM TO DEVELOP INTO ANOTHER SPRING STORM THAT WOULD MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS... ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE LIKELY TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE THE MOUNTAINS.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A funnel cloud moved onto the western slopes of the Sangre de Cristo mountains near Crestone. As the terrain intercepted the funnel cloud...it became a tornado on the mountainside for a brief time causeing some minor tree damage.
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