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Severe Weather Awareness Week in Colorado gets started
In 1981 a tornado ripped through Thornton and caused major damage. Last year, funnel clouds were spotted across much of the area. Image courtesy City of Thornton archives. As is customary, Colorado...
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Severe Weather 101 – Tornadoes and tornado safety
The 2008 Windsor Tornado highlights the very real danger twisters present in Colorado. Do you know when to do when one strikes? One fact that may surprise those new to Colorado is that we are actually...
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Severe Weather 101 – Floods and Flash Floods
The Big Thompson Flood in 1976 claimed the lives of 144 Coloradoans and serves to remind us of the dangers of floods. For much of Colorado, floods and flash floods present a grave danger to life and...
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Severe Weather 101 – Hail and Wind
Straight line winds can be as damaging as a tornado. This image is from a park in Tennessee. (NWS) During the spring and summer months in Colorado, a wide array of severe weather can strike. Tornadoes...
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Severe Weather 101 – Severe Weather Awareness Week wrap up
Supercell thunderstorms like this can be beautiful – but they can also be deadly. Do you know what to do when severe weather strikes? (Stormscape Photography / FLICKR) Over the past week we have...
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A look back at the most destructive tornado in Denver metro history: June 3,...
June 3, 1981 – An F2 tornado rips through the heart of Thornton, Colorado. See more images in the slideshow below.(NCAR) June 3, 1981 appeared to be a pretty typical late spring day in the Denver metro...
View ArticleDeath Toll Climbs As Unusual Weather Hits Florida, Georgia, Mississippi,...
Severe thunderstorms and tornados threatened Florida, Georgia and North Carolina Sunday night as heavy winds, large hail and rains hit the Southeast coast and killed at least 16 people. Residents were...
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Severe Weather 101 – Watches, Warnings and More
The 2008 Windsor tornado highlighted just how dangerous weather in Colorado can be. Are you and your family prepared? Do you know what the watches and warnings all mean? We’ve all seen TV or Internet...
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The thunder rolls again: Damaging wind, hail and tornadoes hit Colorado
For the second day in a row Mother Nature visited her wrath on northeastern Colorado. Severe thunderstorms on Thursday once again brought hail, damaging wind and tornadoes to the region.Storms began to...
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Second day of storms miss Thornton so ThorntonWeather.com goes on the chase
A massive storm churns near Simla, Colorado on Thursday, July 7, 2012. See more photos in the slideshow below. Mother Nature brought severe weather to northeastern Colorado again yesterday but for the...
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