Ground delay issued for Denver International Airport, tornado warnings and watches in effect in Colorado

A confirmed tornado touched down near Fleming in Logan county on Wednesday afternoon. Several tornado warnings were posted during a round of severe thunderstorms for Logan County, Morgan County and Washington County in Colorado. 

There is a tornado watch in effect for a large section near Denver area into the northeast. That's in effect until 11 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch is also in effect for southern areas of the state from Colorado Springs down to Trinidad through 10 p.m.

Many of these storms dropped quarter to tennis ball size hail across the northeastern plains along with flooding rains.  

Due to the strong outflow winds from some of these storms, Denver International Airport had gusts up to 40 mph. The FAA ordered a ground stop at Denver International Airport. Departures to Denver in the late afternoon were grounded. After 4:45 p.m., the order was changed to a ground delay, and by nightfall it had expired.

More severe weather is possible on Thursday and Friday.