Tag: Tornado
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Landspout tornado spotted near Denver airport
Landspouts form differently from supercell tornadoes, and they are typically smaller, weaker, and don’t last as long, but they are real tornadoes. AURORA, Colo. — A landspout tornado briefly touched down in the eastern Aurora area, south of Denver International Airport, at approximately 2:20 p.m. Sunday. Multiple reports confirmed the touchdown near Interstate 70 and…
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Landspout in Franktown damages several businesses
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A landspout damaged several businesses in Franktown Monday afternoon, according to a post on X from Franktown Fire. The fast-moving landspout, which is a type of tornado that forms from the ground up, hit near the intersection of Highway 83 and Highway 86. Seven businesses…
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Tornadoes, hail up to 2 inches large possible along Colorado’s Front Range Tuesday
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tornadoes and hail as big as two inches in diameter are possible throughout Colorado’s Front Range on Tuesday. The weather conditions are part of severe thunderstorms forming over the mountains that will move east, including through Denver, Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson from the National Weather…
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More than 900 flights delayed at DIA as Colorado placed under Tornado Watch
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save More than 900 flights in and out of Denver International Airport were delayed as of 6:45 p.m. Friday afternoon due to thunderstorms, as much of the eastern part of Colorado was placed under a tornado watch. Of the 900-plus delays, 310 were Southwest Airlines flights,…
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Pikes Peak America’s Mountain tweet
On the afternoon of July 20, 2023 Pikes Peak-America’s Mountain was hit by a tornado. Preliminary rating is EF1 with winds reaching 108 mph. Thankfully, there were no injuries or fatalities. pic.twitter.com/w2OM1TT8GH — Pikes Peak (@drivepikespeak) July 21, 2023
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NWS tweet confirming tornado
The National Weather Service Pueblo survey team has completed their damage survey of the damage on Pikes Peak from 7/20/23, and has confirmed it to be caused by a tornado Preliminary rating is EF1 at this time. #cowx — NWS Pueblo (@NWSPueblo) July 21, 2023
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Rare mountain tornado hits Pikes Peak, downs trees during Thursday storm
While portions of the Colorado Springs area were experiencing heavy rain, hail and flooding on Thursday, the slopes of Pikes Peak experienced extreme weather of their own: a tornado. The National Weather Service in Pueblo announced Friday afternoon via Twitter that the agency’s survey team completed assessment of damage on America’s Mountain and confirmed it…
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Highlands Ranch tornado cleanup resources for tree debris and other damage
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Crews in Highlands Ranch Friday were assessing damage left behind by an EF-1 tornado that carved a roughly six-mile path of destruction across Douglas County Thursday. Remarkably, no injuries or deaths have been reported due to the tornado, but the storm did leave behind significant damage and debris. Douglas County issued a disaster declaration and…
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Small tornado spotted north of Denver International Airport
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A small tornado was spotted just north of Denver International Airport on Sunday afternoon. A National Weather Service meteorologist in Boulder said the tornado was over a field for a short period of time and has since dissipated. There is a confirmed landspout tornado that…
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National Weather Service officials investigating Monday’s landspout tornado
A landspout tornado that touched ground three miles northeast of Firestone and wrecked havoc for about 30 minutes has been classified as an EF1 tornado. Although a landspout tornado is much weaker than a traditional tornado, it produced wind gusts of up to 99 mph on Monday. Landspouts also form in a single cell storm…