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Thursday PM update: Extensive damage across southern Denver metro area from likely tornado, wind, and hail

By Brendan Heberton
Jun 22, 2023
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Parts of the metro area are cleaning up this evening after a powerful thunderstorm moved through Thursday afternoon. Strong winds, large hail, and a probable tornado has produced extensive damager across the area with images pouring in of downed trees in and around Highlands Ranch.

Here's the preliminary track:

A reminder a Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect through the evening for much of Northeast Colorado, you can read more about today's setup and what to expect in our update from earlier today as well:

Colorado weather: From tornadoes to hail, the threat of damage and injuries continues
Wednesday was very active across the eastern half of Colorado, with notable reports of large hail and tornadoes throughout the late day. In total, you can visually see the number of warnings the area was dealing with: A number of injuries were reported from Red Rocks while concert-goers fled a seve…
Matt MakensJun 22, 2023Weather5280

The storm that moved through Littleton, Highlands Ranch, and Parker continues to push east and southeast this evening. While there are no active tornado warnings in place, it continues to produce damaging wind and hail and needs to be monitored. If you are in its path, seek shelter.

The National Weather Service will be surveying today's damage tomorrow and will offer and official confirmation of the reported tornado and how strong it was estimated to be.

Be safe everyone.