For the third day in a row, I found myself again in the thick of another Metro hunt. Â This time, my ventures took my to Southeast Denver. Reports of tornadoes on the ground rang over my scanners as James and I took a northern route to the storm as traffic had already began to become seriously backed up due to the flooding rains the storm was producing. Â With traffic a concern, we tried to position ourselves on the northern side of the storm in hopes of intercepting it as it continued its northeastward movement. Â By the time we reached our intercept point, the storm had diminished below severe limits and we were left with nothing but a close light show and rain that was falling very heavily to our west. Â We jumped on the tollway to get to the sight where a confirmed touchdown had destroyed several buildings under construction.
City traffic and classes kept me from the best part of this storm, however, after making a run around the northern side of the weak tornadic thunderstorm in hopes of catching it on the south side of I-70, we came to hear news of it’s rapid weakening. Â We elected to make a haul down E-470 to see if we could see the damage left behind by a weak tornado that touched down. Â When we arrived, we saw a construction site that took the brunt of the damage. Â This tornado was later rated at F-1.
