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Colorado Weather: Landspout Tornado touches down at DIA

By Dave Aguilera

/ CBS Colorado

Tornado, flash floods and record highs

DENVER(CBS)- It was a wild day of weather for the Denver metro area. Just after breaking the all-time record high at Denver International Airport a quickly forming thunderstorm produces a landspout tornado. Colorado Weather: Denver breaks 145 year old heat record

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The tornado touched down on the west side of DIA property and only lasted for about 7 minutes.

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The storm came together as a strong outflow wind boundary produced by mountain thunderstorms blew into monsoon moisture pushing northward from the Palmer Ridge.

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No damage was reported with strong storm system.

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