Family tours property damage after tornado hits northeastern Colorado
The Farnik family lives in Raymer in northeastern Colorado and is touring the damage after severe storms struck Tuesday afternoon. That part of Weld County saw an observed tornado in addition to rain and hail.
"My dad starts screaming, 'Tornado! tornado,'" said Marrek Farnik.
According to First Alert Meteorologist Joe Ruch, a destructive combination of high humidity and warm temperatures spawned tornadoes that hit near the small town of Raymer on Tuesday.
"I look up to the north and there's a beautiful translucent rope tornado just dancing through the fields, just drifting through the north," said Jeff Farnik.
The tornado skipped over open fields and eventually struck the family's shed, leaving it in pieces.
"It was pretty close. A few more feet and it would have taken our roof instead of the roof of the old grainery," said Margaret Farnik.
"This is northeast Colorado. Weird stuff happens out here between the Palmer and the Cheyenne," said Marrek Farnik, referring to the Palmer Divide south of Denver and the Cheyenne Ridge near the Colorado-Wyoming border.
No one was injured in the storm.