Intense video gets close-up with Colorado tornado

 By 
Marcus Gilmer
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The storm that tore through Wray, Colorado on Saturday left at least five people injured and left several buildings and homes damaged or destroyed.

But it also provided this jaw-dropping video of an encounter with the tornado, filmed by well-known storm chaser Reed Timmer. The five minute video begins with a small funnel cloud stretching out to make touchdown and quickly growing into a half-mile wide monster.

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