Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Tornado up the pass?

Dave just called as he was driving down 24 from Woodland Park. He says he was looking at a funnel cloud over Chipita Park and saw another up around Divide. And it was hailing like a sonofagun. Anyone taking photos?

I saw a funnel could forming over Cedar Heights a few summers ago, but it never touched down. I never thought I'd see that sort of storm over the mountains, but old-timers say a tornado has touched down in Manitou. Wild.

Look for updates on gazette.com. And send your pix! dena.rosenberry@gazette.com or dave.philipps@gazette.com

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

so what happened with the tornado - any pictures? or did it not touch down anywhere in God's country?

Dena Rosenberry said...

funnel clouds dipping down above Green Mountain Falls and Chipita Park as well as near downtown Colorado Springs

I don't know if there was a touchdown up near Divide, but a swath of trees were blown down/ripped up.

Anonymous said...

An observer at the Divide VFD saw the tornado touch down nearby.