The destructive tornado that tore through parts of Prowers County Friday was preliminarily rated an EF-3, the National Weather Service announced Saturday
An NWS team completed their preliminary damage survey of Friday’s storm that destroyed multiple structures in the southeastern Colorado county.
No significant injuries were reported when at least one tornado touched down 15 miles south of the town of Granada. The tornado also destroyed multiple outbuildings and vehicles, the sheriff's office said, adding eight cows were also killed in the tornado's path. In 2007, an EF-3 tornado cut a four-block-wide swath through the town of Holly, destroying 35 homes and injuring 11 people.Friday’s tornado in Prowers County was one of several reported on the Eastern Plains since Wednesday.
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