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National Weather Service Boulder issues multiple tornado warnings in Colorado

By Christa Swanson

Updated on: May 23, 2025 / 8:42 PM MDT / CBS Colorado

A storm front that moved into Colorado on Friday evening brought strong winds and spawned multiple possible tornadoes. There have been some reports of golf ball to baseball-sized hail.

Tornado Warnings

Friday evening, the National Weather Service issued multiple tornado warnings in eastern Colorado. Tornado warnings for Akron, Otis, Platner, Merino, Willard, and Kit Carson have expired.

Images

Viewers shared images of the storm with CBS Colorado.

Possible tornado in Atwood Paul Andrew

Large hail in Sterling Kelby Hooton

Possible tornado in Akron Sean Wheels

Bucket of large hail in Merino Kendra Hooton

Outages

Currently, CORE Electric Cooperative and Xcel Energy have not reported any outages caused by the storm.

Christa Swanson

Christa Swanson is a Digital Media Producer at CBS Colorado in Denver.