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Tornado season usually doesn't begin until May in Colorado. Overnight tornadoes are more common in Kansas and Oklahoma than in Colorado, where most severe weather is fueled by daytime heat, Cioffi said. He said the severe weather on the plains followed near record temperatures in the 80s. Heat creates instability in the atmosphere, which can lead to severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. Power was temporarily knocked out in Lamar and most of Prowers County because of the severe weather. Drivers traveling across the plains initially were warned to fuel up because gasoline wasn't available to be pumped in the area, but state transportation officials said fuel was available by Friday night. The Pikes Peak Chapter of the American Red Cross was working with affected families on an individual basis." The same band of storms also dropped snow in Breckenridge and the Eisenhower Tunnel, said forecaster Todd Dankers in Boulder. High winds swept the Western Slope, but no injuries were reported, he said.
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