Tornadoes: Colorado/Kansas 5.22.08 @ 4:00PM ET

From The StormSector news feeds... Tornadoes cause destruction today as a storm system continues to spawn dangerous storms in Colorado and Kansas. There are preliminary reports of fatalities.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. A TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR AREAS OF COLORADO AND KANSAS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO, MEDIA, OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR FURTHER WARNINGS OR STATEMENTS!!! Our CNN feed reports:

COLORADO - Shane Scofield, a Weld County sheriff's deputy, said numerous buildings in the town of Windsor were destroyed by the storm.

"Some are completely demolished and unrecognizable -- just masses of timber," he told CNN. Windsor is about 80 miles (129 km) north of Denver. The agency said said one person died at a park between Windsor and the county seat of Greeley, but no details of the death were available. Weld County fire spokeswoman brenda Stroman said the storm hit "several other areas" of the county as well, and a new round of possible tornadoes was reported about two hours later. Weld County sheriff's Cmdr. Ken Poncelow said the storm went through a neighborhood in Windsor, and the number of homes damaged "could be 100 or better."

To see a video of this massive tornado: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/22/colorado.tornado.video/index.html

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