Photos: Twenty spectacular Twitpics of this week's Colorado storms

Another day, another round of crazy storms, tornado alerts, street flooding and more. Thankfully, there were no reports of injuries as a result of yesterday's meteorological phenomena -- but lots of photographic possibilities shared on Twitter. Look below to see twenty of the most striking images we found...

By Michael Roberts

May 23, 2014

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Another day, another round of crazy storms, tornado alerts, street flooding and more. Thankfully, there were no reports of injuries as a result of yesterday's meteorological phenomena -- but lots of photographic possibilities shared on Twitter.

Look below to see twenty of the most striking images we found.

Spectacular! RT @charnick_wx: #Lightning behind eastern #Colorado #hail #storm pic.twitter.com/fS5LmBsMAD
— Anthony Sagliani (@anthonywx) May 21, 2014

Hail and crazy storm clouds over downtown #Denver! #9wx #cowx pic.twitter.com/GCpPBpjvl2
— brackensarak (@brackensarak) May 22, 2014

Photo from Denver International Airport from tornado warned storm via @SarahMillett! #cowx pic.twitter.com/QQlbONXQRz
— Donovan Gruner (@donovangruner) May 21, 2014

Tornado near DIA! MT. Check out this tornado-warned storm near the Denver Airport! @ConnorMcCrorey pic.twitter.com/pTtPnSADpW
— Pete Delkus (@wfaaweather) May 21, 2014

Continue to see more spectacular Twitpics of this week's Colorado storms.

Hail almost a foot deep near Denver airport... RT @MaxM_WX Hail from #DIA from a #tornado warned storm. pic.twitter.com/Xwmry5rHm7
— Cody Matz (@CodyMatzFox9) May 21, 2014

Tornado warned storm wall cloud, Denver @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/0HAgxl7NIU
— Mark Robinson (@StormhunterTWN) May 21, 2014

Another crazy view of the #Denver storm pic.twitter.com/wbhkVXRr67
— Alex Liggitt (@alexliggitt) May 21, 2014

Denver storm clouds. Look at the three levels of color. #denverstorm #clouds #Denver pic.twitter.com/X0D7ehYoJj
— Jeni (@JHanstein) May 22, 2014

Continue to see more spectacular Twitpics of this week's Colorado storms.

This photo of tornado warned storm in CO was taken the Anschutz Medical Campus at the University of Colorado pic.twitter.com/OtDkFhtWdb
— Anthony Quintano (@AnthonyQuintano) May 21, 2014

Nifty looking funnel cloud over Centennial right now #denver #colorado #tornado #hail pic.twitter.com/TJ5VK2Yiwb
— Lee Sandy (@LeeSan87) May 20, 2014

From five tornadoes and a hail storm in Denver to Grand Junction! pic.twitter.com/hvl0rrmtJa
— Drew Lingo (@LingoDrew) May 22, 2014

Yesterday near #DIA in Colorado. Big HP supercell with a nasty look to it. #cowx #hail #tornadoes pic.twitter.com/agMGqTPRLg
— Brett Wright (@WxMstr) May 23, 2014

Continue to see more spectacular Twitpics of this week's Colorado storms.

Storm clouds forming earlier near 5 points Denver @DenverChannel pic.twitter.com/ttci4374Jp
— Deanna Valdez (@DenverDeeva) May 22, 2014

Storm system east of Denver CO. #stormchasing #photography #adventure #tornado #clouds # pic.twitter.com/7EqBLYr6J4
— Mathew Buxey (@MathewBuxey) May 22, 2014

Crazy clouds from Denver tornado storm pic.twitter.com/hPQNCSs3cc
— Jamie Hoffman (@Jamiehoffman41) May 21, 2014

Dramatic clouds in the storm that passed through #Denver this evening #cowx pic.twitter.com/Y5tHltXSTu
— David Harpe (@daveharpe) May 8, 2014

Continue to see more spectacular Twitpics of this week's Colorado storms.

This tornado warning was not a joke tho. Alert a la tornade plus tot dans la journee sur Denver! Damn! pic.twitter.com/uNr8cemuYo
— fournier evan (@EvanFourmizz) May 22, 2014

STORM OVER DENVER (from DIA) May 22, 2014 14:10 hrs pic.twitter.com/GXonpzXkJ2
— Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) May 22, 2014

Saying goodnite to a beautiful storm near Seibert, Colorado. pic.twitter.com/Y7YIKpwvTY
— Cory Reppenhagen (@CRepp7News) May 21, 2014

Love love love Colorado skies after a storm pic.twitter.com/KRbdLQBm94
— Queen B (@_bri_bri_bri) May 23, 2014

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword's news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor's degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master's degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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