Eight tornadoes touched down near southeast of Denver as a line of severe thunderstorms swept through Colorado on Sunday, with one of the twisters causing a minor injury near a junior golf tournament, the Associated Press reported.
While two tornadoes hit Park County in the center of the state, six others struck in northeast Colorado, the National Weather Service said. At least three of them caused damage.
As high winds blew a golf cart on top of a caddy walking nearby at the Blackstone Country Club, 16-year-old Paul Cleveland said he and two other people were riding a golf cart when they saw a funnel cloud heading in their direction, swirling debris, Aurora Fire Department officials said.
"I ducked down, protected my head and waited for the worst," he said.
The cart, however, was lifted by the twister and thrown on top of an unsuspecting caddy nearby.
The victim, described to be in his 50s, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, said Capt. Diane Lord with the Aurora Fire Department.
With damage being caused in Park County by two twisters, a funnel cloud reportedly touched down near Fairplay about 65 miles southwest of Denver at about 11 a.m., damaging the roof of a home, Park County spokeswoman Linda Balough said.
"This is amazingly unusual at 10,000 feet, very unusual for it to happen up here," she said.
Another tornado was reported a short time later, about 40 miles away near Lake George, and caused "substantial" damage at an RV park, Balough said. According to the AP, no one was reported injured in either tornado.
No immediate reports of injuries of major damage were reported after a twister touched down in a sparsely populated area of southeast Wyoming,
A trough of low pressure created a "large extensive line" of severe weather along the Front Range from southern Colorado to the Wyoming border, Kyle Fredin, Weather Service meteorologist, said.
On Monday, thunderstorms could produce large hail, isolated tornadoes and heavy rain, which could lead to flash flooding in southern Nebraska, Kansas, northeast Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, southern Illinois, western Kentucky and northwest Tennessee, the AP reported.
