Tornado Watch Denver, Cheyenne and Scottsbluff

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UPDATE 1:06AM CDT,
Parts of the City of Denver are now under a tornado warning. 




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  1. BrianJune 7, 2012 at 10:45 AM

    Geez Mike likely the worst severe weather outbreak for the season in at least South Denver metro, including a confirmed weak tornado/landspout just N of DEN (only the 5th busiest US airport), over 15 separate Tornado warnings issued by NWS Denver, 6 other trained spotter reports of Tornadoes on the ground, major supermarket roof collapse in Castle Rock, inches of hail on the ground in parts, and we get one blog entry?

    We are anticipating round 2 today, although the focus may be northern metro including DEN.

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