Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 10, 2005

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 10, 2005
Start: 2005-06-10T14:15
End: 2005-06-10T16:15
Location: Colorado

June 10, 2005 · NWS PUB · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

2 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 10, 2:05 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:05 PM MST, 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
305 PM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

.SHORT TERM...
(TONIGHT AND SATURDAY)

CURRENTLY...UPPER TROUGH ROTATING ACROSS COLORADO PRODUCING SCT TO
NUMEROUS TSRA ACROSS THE AREA...WITH BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE OVER
THE FAR ERN PLAINS IN DEEPER MOISTURE. CAPE MIN CENTERED NEAR KPUB
KEEPING A LID ON STORMS FROM SOUTH OF KCOS TO JUST NORTH OF
WALSENBURG.

TONIGHT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST
ACROSS THE AREA...WITH PERHAPS SOME ACTIVITY LINGERING PAST
MIDNIGHT ALONG THE KS BORDER. MENTIONED SEVERE IN THE ZONES ONLY FOR
THE CURRENT SEVERE TSRA WATCH...AS INSTABILITY FARTHER WEST LOOKS
INSUFFICIENT FOR BIG STORMS.

SATURDAY...NEXT UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES LATE IN THE DAY...MAYBE
SLIGHTLY TOO LATE FOR SEVERE OVER THE EAST. MODELS AGAIN APPEAR TO
UNDERESTIMATE MOISTURE/CAPE ACROSS THE PLAINS...ESPECIALLY FAR EAST
ALONG THE KS BORDER. WILL KEEP SCT TSRA FOR NOW...BUT WONT
MENTION SEVERE FOR NOW. KEPT TEMPS NEAR GUIDANCE MAXES...WITH
REMAINING GRIDS LOOKING VERY GOOD.  --ETP

.LONG TERM...
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)

CHALLENGES ARE COVERAGE OF PRECIPITATION SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT.

SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...UPPER TROUGH INFLUENCES SENSIBLE
WEATHER ACROSS CWFA...CAUSING SYNOPTIC ASCENT WITH RIGHT REAR
ENTRANCE REGION OF NORTHEASTERN JET AND LEFT FRONT EXIT REGION OF
SOUTHERN JET. NAM MODEL PROG CAPES TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT
OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO TO VALUES OVER 1K J/KG ACROSS PROWERS
AND BACA COUNTIES. COULD BE SOME HAIL AND HEAVY RAINERS DOWN THAT
WAY...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT.  HAVE HIGH SCATTERED POPS GOING IN
GRIDS AND WILL LIKELY MAKE ONLY SOME MINOR TWEAKS. DURING SUNDAY...
TROUGH AXIS MOVES TO COLORADO KANSAS BORDER BY 00Z.  MOST FAVORED
AREA FOR PRECIPITATION WOULD BE ACROSS THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE
AREA.  CAPE VALUES AREA BELOW .5K J/KG...SO WOULD NOT EXPECT SEVERE
AT THIS TIME.

SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MARKED DIFFERENCE IN GFS AND NAM MODELS
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.  NAM HAS SHORTWAVE RIDGE BUILDING
OVER WYOMING AND WESTERN COLORADO AND GFS HAS CUTOFF LOW OVER WESTERN
WYOMING. NATIONAL FOLKS AND SURROUNDING OFFICES SEEM TO BE GOING
WITH GFS SOLUTION WHICH WOULD HAVE MORE SHOWERS OF RAIN AND SNOW
ACROSS OUR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MOUNTAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND
EARLY MONDAY THAN IN OR GOING FORECAST.

TUESDAY THROUGH LATE WEEK...RIDGE POPS UP OVER ROCKIES DUE TO TROUGH
IN THE GREAT LAKES AND DEEPENING TROUGH IN PACIFIC.  INHERITED
ISOLATED POPS IN HIGHER TERRAIN TUESDAY...AND THAT SEEMS REASONABLE
WITH WEAK INSTABILITY AND SOME MOISTURE.  WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...
A RIPPLE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE EASTERN TROUGH MAY SEND A WEAK
FRONT AND AN INCREASE IN MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY ACROSS OUR
PLAINS...SO ISOLATED POPS LOOK GOOD BOTH DAYS THERE.  FRIDAY...HAVE
ELECTED TO KEEP IT DRY FOR NOW WITH UNCERTAINLY OF WHETHER EASTERN
MOISTURE WILL BE IN KANSAS OR EASTERN COLORADO. -TLM-

&&

.PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

10/13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 6:00 AM MST, 8 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
700 AM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

COZ058>089-093>099-111300-
ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY-
CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT-
COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE
BELOW 7500 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY-
DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT-
EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-
LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-
LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT-
NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT-
PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT-
SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-
SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY-
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500
AND 11000 FT-
TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT-
UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT-
WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT-
WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT-
WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT-
WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT-
WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT-
WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET-WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT-
WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT-
700 AM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO
CONTINUE...OR DEVELOP...ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO
TODAY AND THIS EVENING. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING OTERO...CROWLEY...
KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...AND BACA COUNTIES. THE
COUNTY HAVING THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
BACA.  THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AROUND 1 INCH
IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS AROUND 58 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO. COMMUNITIES IN THE
POTENTIAL SEVERE WEATHER THREAT AREA ARE LA JUNTA...EADS...LAMAR...
LAS ANIMAS...KIM...SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...AND CAMPO.  ALONG INTERSTATE
25 AND WESTWARD...THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL
UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...AND CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER...WIND GUSTS UP TO
50 MPH...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE THEN
EXPECTED TO RETURN ON TUESDAY AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE
POSSIBLE BETWEEN 11 AM AND 6 PM MDT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST COLORADO.

METZE/MOORE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:20 AM MST, 5 hours 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
920 AM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1220 AM     HAIL             1 SW SPRINGFIELD        37.40N 102.63W
06/10/2005  0.75 INCH        BACA               CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WOLYN

Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:28 AM MST, 5 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
928 AM MDT FRI JUN 10 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1158 PM     HAIL             3 NW PRITCHETT          37.40N 102.90W
06/09/2005  1.75 INCH        BACA               CO   PUBLIC

&&

WOLYN

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Las Animas

When: June 10, 2:15 PM MST to 2:20 PM MST
Where: Las Animas County, 10 mi SSE of Tobe
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.083, -103.550

Tornado, Baca

When: June 10, 3:50 PM MST to 3:55 PM MST
Where: Baca County, 7 mi N of Campo
Rating: F0
Path length: 2 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 37.200, -102.583

A tornado was seen in the vicinity of mile marker 15 on U.S. 287 and knocked down some power poles.

Tornado, Baca

When: June 10, 4:00 PM MST to 4:05 PM MST
Where: Baca County, 1 mi NE of Two Buttes
Rating: F0
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.583, -102.383

A tornado downed large tree limbs and destroyed some weak outbuildings at a ranch.

Hail, Prowers

When: June 10, 4:10 PM MST to 4:15 PM MST
Where: Prowers County, 11 mi SW of Granada
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 37.950, -102.467

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Colorado in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Colorado, 2005 Warnings in Colorado, June 2005

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5456176, 5456177, 5456178, 5456179.