Logan County officials said a tornado touched down near Peetz Monday afternoon and destroyed a barn and damaged a home.
Joe McBride, the spokesman for the Logan County Sheriff’s Office, said the twister pulled a door off the house and also damaged power poles and knocked out electricity. Officials were working to determine how many homes lost power and estimated Xcel Energy wouldn’t be able to restore it until around 11 p.m.
No other damage or injuries were reported.
At 3:20 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Morgan, Washington, Elbert, Lincoln, Phillips, Yuma, Kiowa, Logan and Sedgwick counties until 10 p.m.
Chad Gimmestad, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Boulder, warned people in those areas to watch for gusty winds.
Earlier this month, meteorologist Kyle Fredin of the NWS in Boulder said Colorado’s severe weather zone falls the first two weeks of June.
“So you can pretty much wrap that around late May into June when you’ll see the most significant severe weather — even though it can happen anywhere from the middle of April to the middle of September,” he said.
Recent tornadoes:
- May 7 — a tornado on the Eastern Plains created winds between 112-120 mph.
- May 24 — two tornadoes touched down near Akron and unleashed golf ball-size hail but caused no damage.
- May 24 — a tornado touched down near Platner and damaged several structures and destroyed a shed. Another tornado near the Yuma County line damaged property including the roof of the Otis School District school building.
