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Storms hurl twisters, hall, high water at Front Range ,RoM'; "-11-n- West Sixth and West 58th avenues in Denver, By LEROY WILLIAMS JR. slowing Tush-hour traffic. ROCky Mountarn News Statf Wrrlel" The weather service said several funnel cloud! were sighted throughout the area, including one at West Iliff Avenue and South Federal Boulevard in Denver, police said. The Larimer County tornado, which struck at about 4 p.m., downed power lines and tore the rools off of some buildings at a retreat area 35 miles northwest of Fort Collins owned by Colorado State University, said Carl Cooper, a Larimer County sheriff's deputy. The tornado also uprooted about 200 trees around Pingree Park in Roosevelt National Forest. offidals said. Officials had feared that some people staying at the CSU retreat - which can accommodate up to 400 - might have been injured. but no injuries were reported. Four people on horseback in the area were initially reported missing but turned up a short time later, Cooper said_ They had crossed to the south side of the Poudre River and had decided to wait out the storm before trying to return, he said. "By now, they are probably already out," Cooper said. The weather service reported that a tornado was sighted near Castle Rock at about 5:45 pm., but no damage was reported. Golf.ball sized hail and several funnel cloud sightings were the result of a line of thunderstonns that moved through the Denver area about 4 p.m. Today's weather service forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in eastern Colorado with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms through to- morrow. r A series of storms brought tornadoes, hail, heavy rain, traffic tie-ups and long flight delays to the Front Range yesterday, and for{l('asters say the pattern could repeat itself today. A tornado that touched down in Douglas County . Weather details/1BB, 195 . apparently did no damage, but another toppled about 200 trees in Roosevelt National Forest and ripped the roof off a building at a Colorado State University retreat in Larimer County, officials said. National Weather Service forecaster Steve Car. mel said moisture in eastern Colorado combined with upper level disturbances will cause more thundershowers this afternoon. The rainy weather and lightning led to delays of Stapleton flights of up to Ilk hours at about 8 p.m., said spokesman Richard Boulware. By 10 p.m., delays were down to an hour as planes tried to avoid a storm system south of the airport, he said. "The storm is the type of violent weather that would affect any airport," Boulware said. Earlier yesterday, pea-sized hail was reportl.'d in south Boulder, and hail of about 1 ~ inches in diameter was reported falling in ("..olden, where several str('('ts intersecting with West Sixth Ave- nue there and in nearby unincorROrated Jefferson Couely were reported flooded......... .; .' Also reported nooded was Interstate 25 between OiJ23'13