El Paso County business damaged in tornado

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. — A storage business sustained considerable damaged in a tornado near the El Paso County town of Falcon Friday afternoon. According to KRDO, the tornado damaged several campers at the Falcon Storage Center. Surveillance video captured trailers being flipped and colliding with one another in the lot. Business owner John Woolsey…

Despite risks, Colorado communities shifting away from tornado sirens

WELD COUNTY, Colo. — Weld County is known as Colorado’s tornado capitol for good reason. Since 1950, there have been more recorded tornadoes in Weld County than in any other county in the country. Despite that, numerous communities still don’t have or use outdoor emergency sirens. That includes Greeley, the largest city in the county.…

‘Extremely rare’ early-morning tornado touches down in northeast Colorado

WELD COUNTY, Colo. – The tornado that touched down in a field outside of Keota, Colorado Wednesday morning was an “extremely rare” event, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist. The tornado dropped to the ground at 6:37 a.m. about 5 miles northwest of Keota, in northeast Weld County, as an early-morning round of severe…