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Federal forecasters say that closed a Douglas County campground and toppled trees had winds around 90 mph and traveled 500 yards.
The the “brief” tornado was rated an EF1 and touched down between 2:05 and 2:10 p.m. at the Devils Head Campground in the Pike National Forest.
Tornadoes are measured on the Fujita scale from a level of EF0, the lowest, to EF5, the strongest.
Trees were downed in a six-acre area around the campsite and the fire tower, campground, trail and picnic grounds were damaged and have been closed for repairs.
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or twitter.com/JesseAPaul
