Windsor CO Tornado report from family there

[L. Coyote]

There is a swath of "total destruction" per e-mail from family a few minutes ago, just blocks from their work and home.

8:00 PM CST and some teachers are not home yet, still at work helping get school kids back together with parents.

Weather channel has some images. I saw a brick wall blow apart.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Oh, man :^( Hope everyone is ok!

[gateley]

2. Any determination as to what it was rated?

I'm glad your family is doing okay.

Some twisters touched down in Southern CA, too, someone posted...

AND somewhere in CA got snow today -- it was 80 degrees two days ago.

If I were a Christian, I know what I'd be thinking.

[RL3AO]

3. The NWS will probably release the report tomorrow.

[RL3AO]

7. EF3

Preliminary Tornado Classification for Weld County Tornado

The National Weather is still working on the storm survey on the tornadoes that hit Weld county Thursday, May 22nd. Preliminary findings suggest the tornado that struck the Windsor area produced EF2 and EF3 Damage. Approximately 150 homes were heavily damaged or destroyed. There was one fatality at Greeley RV Park which is eight miles to the west of Greeley. In addition, there were numerous injuries.

[TransitJohn]

4. A few fences and roofs down/off here in Laramie.

Hellacious thunderstorm, and now we've got about 2 1/2" of powder on the ground.

[KoKo]

5. Oh Geeze...I saw the reports on CNN...little kids with scrapes from Day Care

that were caught in it.

Keep us posted. Bad weather everywhere...hearing from DU'ers keeps us in community together to know what's really happening not just the news clips.

Hope your family are all are okay.. :grouphug:

[uppityperson]

6. Glad they are ok and hope people find each other soon.

[malaise]

8. One mile wide

WTF??