Tornado spotted moving through Denver metro as severe weather impacts millions across Plains
The National Weather Service reported a "large and extremely dangerous tornado" Thursday afternoon near Highlands Ranch on the south side of the Denver metro area.
Baseball-size hail possible for Denver metro
A "destructive storm" is moving into Denver metro area on Thursday afternoon. June 22, 2023.
DENVER – A stubborn severe weather pattern brought the renewed threat of large hail and damaging wind gusts to eastern Colorado and into the central and southern High Plains Thursday.
‘Large' tornado reported in Denver metro
The National Weather Service reported a "large and extremely dangerous tornado" Thursday afternoon near Highlands Ranch on the south side of the Denver metro.
Tornado spotted in Denver area on Thursday afternoon
Video shot in Aurora, Colorado shows a confirmed tornado in the distance. (Courtesy: @WeatherHx / Twitter)
The National Weather Service said the tornado traveled at least 6 miles, and an official damage survey would be conducted on Thursday.
Powerful wind lashes trees in southern Colorado
Video shot in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, shows tree with broken tree branch. (Courtesy: Dave O'Brien/WEATHER TRAKER /TMX)
The same storm also produced large hail, with stones the size of golf balls reported near Sheridan and wind gusts powerful enough to uproot trees.
Thursday's storms come just a day after severe thunderstorms swept through Colorado on Wednesday, leaving impromptu rivers of heavy rain and large hail.
Severe storms impact Denver metro
Some residents in Colorado experienced a massive hailstorm that was accompanied by severe weather alerts for several counties.
At least 80 people were injured Wednesday night when a large hailstorm passed over the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison during a Louis Tomlinson concert, pelting the crowd with hailstones the size of golf balls.
Dozens injured as massive hail storm pelts concertgoers at Colorado's Red Rocks Amphitheatre
At least seven people were hospitalized and as many as 80-90 others were treated at the scene by medics as golf-ball-sized hail rained down on the crowd during a Louis Tomlinson concert Wednesday evening.
Severe threat lingers into Friday
The severe weather threat for the region renews on Friday, and although it budges slightly to the east, it still covers hundreds of miles from the Montana-Wyoming border south into West Texas.
Once again, large hail and damaging wind gusts are the primary severe weather threats, with a few tornadoes possible as well.