Tornado at Devils Head

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RyanSchilling
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Tornado at Devils Head

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Wow, glad no one was hurt!
Federal forecasters say a tornado Tuesday afternoon that closed a Douglas County campground and toppled trees had winds around 90 mph and traveled 500 yards.

The National Weather Service in Boulder says the "brief" tornado was rated an EF1 and touched down between 2:05 and 2:10 p.m. at the Devils Head Campground in the Pike National Forest.

Trees were downed in a six-acre area around the Devils Head Campground in the Pike National Forest on Tuesday afternoon. The fire tower, campground, trail and picnic grounds were damaged and have closed for repairs.
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