A somewhat tattered American flag still flies near the debris of a ruined structure in the Elkhorn Ranch neighborhood north of Elizabeth on Monday, May 19, 2025, after a tornado touched down there the previous day. Numerous homes in the neighborhood were heavily damaged. No deaths or injuries were reported.

The tornadoes in the Bennett area and the Elkhorn neighborhood in northwest Elbert County both EF2, meaning the twisters had wind speeds of 111 to 135 mph, according to the weather service.

June 21, 2023, was a historic day in Colorado weather annals with hail pummeling Red Rocks concertgoers and an outburst of tornadoes.

Following tornadic storms Sunday in Denver, the National Weather Service will conduct storm surveys to determine their intensity and path length. The Enhanced Fujita scale is used to rate tornadoes.

Bennett, Colorado, USA Info from Licensor: "This is the first EF2 tornado on record for Bennett, Co., and the fifth EF2 tornado in the Denver Metro Area in the last 28 years. It was a sunny, beautiful Sunday,

Residents in Bennett and Elbert County were left cleaning up damage Monday after a swath of tornadoes blew through the area on Sunday afternoon.

Colorado residents along the plains were thankful to have made it out safely from Sunday’s tornado outbreak while looking ahead to a long road of cleanup and recovery.