Witness describes tornado in Weld County

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Richard Hansen, from Plattville in Weld County, describes what he experienced during a tornado that touched down Monday afternoon.

The tornado appeared to be a landspout tornado, and it touched down shortly before 5 p.m. on Monday. The tornado appeared to lift around 5:30 p.m. near Platteville.

According to Weld County Emergency Management, one home was damaged by a downed power line that led to a fire.

The tornado appeared to track roughly 14 miles across Weld County, starting just north of Frederick before tracking towards Platteville.

A landspout tornado is a twister that forms from the ground up due to colliding air boundaries during the initial growth stage of a thunderstorm. These tornadoes form near the ground and move toward the cloud, as opposed to traditional tornadoes that form from the cloud moving toward the ground.

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We’re north of Platteville outside of Gilcrest but we have a Platteville mailing address. What these people call the Windsor tornado in 2008, actually started south of Platteville & was a mile wide. We were on the eastern edge of it. Power poles were down in our field where our house is. It did much more damage just less than 1/4th mile to the west of us. We ran a generator for a few days till power was restored. Makes me mad people call it the Windsor tornado when homes were greatly affected in Platteville & Gilcrest areas. One home near us was condemned! We had some windows broken & other house damage with many trees toppled over. FEMA was out here too.

bonniedeibel
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This tornado actually formed over my house it was cool

JacobHodek
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People overreact so much to shit. It wasn't a big deal at all, and was over as soon as it started.

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That's not a tornado...that's a dust devil.

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