AccuWeather's Tony Laubach reports live from Colorado as severe storms returned to the region with the potential for tornadoes.

Colorado

Severe storms have developed in Colorado's High Plains, prompting tornado warnings for areas east of Denver, including Bennett and Strasburg. Meteorologists report strong rotation within the storms, which are also capable of producing large hail and heavy precipitation.

The storms are moving into more populated regions along the I-70 corridor, increasing the urgency for residents to prepare for possible tornadoes and hail. Weather experts advise those in the path of these storms to stay alert and take necessary safety measures as conditions evolve.

Tornado-warned storms arrive in the High Plains

And for the latest, there he is. We're joined by meteorologist and storm chaser Tony law back live in Bennett, Colorado, Tony. You got an interesting sky behind you. Yeah, and it could potentially be a tornadic sky. Jeff, this storm behind me just picked up a tornado warning in the last five minutes just as we went on air. This storm was severe warned originally for quarter sized hail. Now we've got some rotation evident kind of over my shoulder. This is moving right at kind of the Bennett and Strasburg areas. We're going to go straight to radar. We're going to skip the watch graphic here because this is a little bit more urgency here, because this is going to be starting to work its way into populated areas along I-70 east of Denver, including the towns of Bennett and Strasburg. Some pretty good rotation with this. Really a big area right now. Kind of concerned that this might be a kind of an HP type situation. A high precipitation supercell. So identifying tornadoes buried within the rain may be a little bit difficult. Typically not something we deal with very much in Colorado, because our moisture is typically a little bit lower than what we have today, but we've got some humid air, a lot of juice for these storms. As a result, they're going to be pretty prolific. Precipitation producers that could include the potential for some big hail. As well right now, this storm does not have much in the way of big hail with it. We haven't heard any reports on that. Certainly could produce quarter, maybe up to golf ball sizes. It strengthens, but back over my shoulder again, you kind of see that darkening area between the two power lines. That is the area I am worried about. That is the area I am watching with the most concern right now. Whether or not we're going to see this thing start to produce a tornado. I know it might be hard if you got a big screen TV you might be able to see some of the colors in there. You got a lot of teal light greens, some good lightning coming out of this as well, but the teal and light greens are usually indicative of a lot of hail. That is pretty common here in Colorado, so in addition to the potential tornado threat with this, we could be looking at a lot of hail. Sometimes that smaller hail that accumulates several inches deep. Sometimes that's the bigger hail as well, so that is going to be a multi threat. We're going to see with this particular supercell I'm going to get off air drop South here. Will keep the live stream on for you folks. That way they can cut in on this thing. If we continue to watch this storm, we're going to work our way South. See if we can't get a better view underneath this storm here, Damien, but currently right now. Tornado warning in effect. This is South of I-70. The warning does not include Bennett and Strasburg yet, but this storm is working your way. So make sure if you guys are in those two towns Watkins maybe all the way as far as the fires start thinking about taking your tornado precautions. Now meteorologist and storm chaser Tony Loback thank you so much for that update. And as I take a live look at radar, what we normally see here in the Rockies and transitioning into the High Plains is once these storms start to clear that I-25 corridor from Denver down through Colorado Springs. That is when the low level rotation really starts to peak, which is why for this northern storm they're moving in Arapahoe County. That's why that storm has a tornado warning with it, but I'll also point out as we freeze frame the radar that storm to the south that just passed Pikes Peak and is just now starting to clear to the east of Colorado Springs down through Fort Carson that storm is also now starting to clear the I-25 corridor. So once again, the highest potential for low level rotation for these storms. Climatologically speaking, is within the first 10 to 15 minutes and within the first 10 to 15 miles. Of the highway, so that's where that storm to the south is. So right now the storm there just to the east of Colorado Springs definitely going to be a hail producer. These high plain storms, especially in eastern Colorado, always produce some large hail, but we are also going to be watching out for that potential for some for tornado there just to the east of Colorado Springs. But that storm that Tony's on there that's moving in primarily into Arapahoe County, we're going to be watching out for that tornado potential as well.

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