Tornado at 10,000 feet -- Clear Creek, Colorado

Rusty Stewart had never seen a tornado before. And the last place he thought he would see one was at 9,500 feet.
But, by the looks of this video shot by Stewart Saturday, Aug. 18 around 2 p.m., that may be exactly what happened.
The following video footage shows what appears to be a tornado touching down up York Gulch west of Idaho Springs.
The National Weather Service has not seen the video, but a representative out of the Boulder office said it is not impossible or unheard of. The highest reported tornado was seen in the Sequoia National Forest in 2004 by a hiker at 10,500 feet. If it turns out Stewart's catch was in fact a tornado it will be the first twister reported for Clear Creek County.

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[5280pd]

Why are people dissing this video? It's rare enough to see a tornado, but very indeed for that tornado to be seen an al altitude of 10 000 feet.

[benskibono]

Nice report . Despite the poor quality of the image, your shot where looking at the good place at the good timeé Whe could clearly see the rotation, lucky you are!

[vfIskullangel]

Goes to show you that Tornados can form anywhere!

[LawrenceErnie]

Nice little ropey one. I saw 3 of those at once over Littleton, too small to touch down though.