Tornado touches down on Colorado’s Eastern Plains

A tornado touched down on Colorado s Eastern Plains on Friday night as severe thunderstorms threatened large hail and high winds across the region National Weather Amenity forecasters declared The tornado was established north of Akron in Washington County NWS forecasters in Boulder noted in a post on X Tornado warnings for the area expired at p m and severe thunderstorm warnings are in effect until p m Related Articles tornadoes approved in Colorado storm abnormally strong Tornadoes that hit Bennett Elbert County were rated EF meteorologists say It s like a war zone Bennett Elbert County residents cleaning up after tornadoes damage structures Nearly flights delayed a dozen canceled at DIA during Sunday storms Colorado weather Tornado touched down in Bennett three times amid severe thunderstorms Information about tornado damage was not directly available The storm comes less than a week after four tornadoes touched down in eastern Colorado on Sunday damaging and destroying dozens of buildings and homes This is a advancing story and may be updated