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With a sliver of eastern Colorado located in “Tornado Alley,” the state sees its fair share of severe storms and ranks ninth in the country for number of tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service.

Tornado season is typically mid-May to mid-July. June is by far the most active month, with some two-thirds of tornadoes occurring then. In the past 10 years, there have been more than 500 tornadoes reported in Colorado, an average of 60 per year.

Weld and Adams counties have seen the most tornadoes, mainly due to their size and geographical area. The record year in Colorado was 1996 when 98 twisters were reported.

RELATED: Interactive: History of U.S. tornadoes 1950-2017

Since 1950, three people have died in tornadoes: two in a category F-3 storm near Holly in Prowers County on March 28, 2007, and one in a category F-3 tornado that hit near Windsor on May 22, 2008. That storm injured 78 and caused some $147 million in damages, according to the National Weather Service.

Colorado ranks 38th in tornado deaths, 31st in injuries and 30th in cost of damages, according to the National Weather Service.

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