{"id":14179,"date":"2014-07-29T07:19:36","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=14179"},"modified":"2014-07-29T07:19:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T13:19:36","slug":"two-tornadoes-touch-down-in-north-denver-metro-area-minor-damage-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/two-tornadoes-touch-down-in-north-denver-metro-area-minor-damage-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"Two tornadoes touch down in north Denver metro area, minor damage seen"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 307px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Yryiai5B77s\/U9bucnVScOI\/AAAAAAAACrs\/518ibtYkbjM\/s640\/eddalton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Yryiai5B77s\/U9bucnVScOI\/AAAAAAAACrs\/518ibtYkbjM\/s640\/eddalton.jpg\" alt=\"July 28, 2014 - Image of the tornado at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. (Ed Dalton)  Click for a larger view.\" width=\"307\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">July 28, 2014 &#8211; Image of the tornado at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. (Ed Dalton) Click for a larger view.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Monday\u2019s forecast called for a chance for thunderstorms but Mother Nature threw in a couple of wildcards in the form of two tornadoes in the area.\u00a0 The landspout tornadoes caused minor damage in north Denver and were widely seen across much of the area.<\/p>\n<p>The first tornado was reported at 3:53pm just across the Adams County line in Weld County near Fort Lupton.\u00a0 The twister was the better defined of the two but appears to have struck farmland with no damage reported.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Videos: Watch amazing footage of the Weld County tornado below<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/thornton-weather\/july-2014-top-shots-monthly-photo-slideshow\/\">In pictures:\u00a0 July photo slideshow has numerous pictures of the tornadoes<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>At 4:09pm a second tornado was reported near the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Adams County.\u00a0 A diesel repair shop near 51st and Havana had one of its garage doors ripped off and some material thrown about.<\/p>\n<p>Denver International Airport sent travelers to shelters for a period of time and warning sirens were sounded in Brighton, Commerce City and other nearby locations.<\/p>\n<p>Three people on a small boat on Barr Lake were overturned by the strong thunderstorm winds.\u00a0 The trio managed to swim to shore and were not injured.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s weather is not expected to contain quite as much excitement as yesterday\u2019s.\u00a0 However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/facebook\/monsoon-rains-expected-tuesday-flooding-danger-increases-yesterday-brought-a-good-bit-of-weather\/\">heavy rain will be possible and a Flash Flood Watch has been issued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rA3wRBP6b0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJPdWV3j_LY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6kfxG_Ru4eE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday\u2019s forecast called for a chance for thunderstorms but Mother Nature threw in a couple of wildcards in the form of two tornadoes in the area.\u00a0 The landspout tornadoes caused minor damage in north Denver and were widely seen across much of the area. The first tornado was reported at 3:53pm just across the Adams &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/colorado-weather\/two-tornadoes-touch-down-in-north-denver-metro-area-minor-damage-seen\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Two tornadoes touch down in north Denver metro area, minor damage seen<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[34,15],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14179"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14180,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14179\/revisions\/14180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}