The Latest: Tornadoes cause injuries, damage in Colorado

DENVER – The Latest on weather in Colorado (all times local):

11 p.m.

A series of tornadoes has hit eastern Colorado and caused several minor injuries, while damaging motorhomes, farm buildings and other structures.

The National Weather Service says four tornadoes hit in Yuma County, about 100 miles east of Denver, near Colorado’s borders with Nebraska and Kansas.

NWS Science and Operations officer Jeremy Martin says one of those twisters struck just north of the town of Wray about 6 p.m. MDT Saturday.

He says five people suffered minor injuries.

Storm chasers reported that the tornado travelled for about 10 miles on the ground.

There were no immediate reports of injury or damage from the other three confirmed tornadoes in the area.

Earlier in the day, officials say a tornado in Morgan County, about 65 miles northeast of Denver, damaged about a dozen fifth-wheel campers and caused some minor injuries.

8:30 p.m.

A tornado has damaged about a dozen fifth-wheel campers and caused some minor injuries in Colorado’s northeastern Plains.

Morgan County Sheriff James Crone tells The Denver Post most of the campers and motorhomes were unoccupied, and everyone refused medical care.

The tornado was first reported on the ground at about 3 p.m. Saturday near the rural community of Wiggins, about 65 miles northeast of Denver. It also damaged other vehicles, toppled trees and scattered debris on the ground.

KMGH-TV reports the National Weather Service sent out a warning at 6 p.m. after confirming a tornado about 100 miles east, near the town of Wray.

The storms are expected to push east overnight.

___

3 p.m.

Hail the size of golf balls and tennis balls fell across Colorado’s northeastern Plains on Saturday, accompanied by several tornado warnings.

The National Weather Service issued alerts for people to take shelter from large hail and severe thunderstorms as the storms moved through the Front Range toward the Nebraska border. A tornado was reported near Wiggins, a sparsely populated area about 65 miles northeast of Denver.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

The storms are expected to push east overnight.