Severe storms spawn tornadoes in Colorado

Severe storms spawn tornadoes in Colorado, Aurora Fire Department has confirmed one person was injured after a tornado touched down near Blackstone Country Club in Aurora, Colo., on Sunday.

The injured is the father of a child who was competing in the Rocky Mountain Junior Golf Tournament.

According to the director of Gold League, the man injured was identified as John Leede.

Paul Cleveland, 16, who was playing in the golf tournament and also was in the golf cart, said they were driving up the 18th hole when the "horrifying" moment happened.

The man was treated at an area hospital and Cleveland said he is doing OK. There were up to 97 kids in the tournament at the time.

Tornado sirens were heard going off in the area just after 1 p.m. Mountain Time.

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for Denver just before 1 p.m. At 12:49 p.m., the weather service said "a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over southern Aurora, or 17 miles southeast of Denver.

Several tornadoes were reported Sunday, including one in the tiny northeastern Colorado town of Grover and two in Park County. A twister also touched down in a sparsely populated area of southeast Wyoming, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage.

Another tornado was reported a short time later about 40 miles away, causing "substantial" damage at an RV park, Balough said.

Weather Service meteorologist Kyle Fredin said a trough of low pressure is creating a "large extensive line" of severe weather along the Front Range from southern Colorado to the Wyoming border.