AURORA, Colo. -- Operators of the Southlands Mall are still assessing the damage to see when it can reopen after a tornado touched down not far away. But one woman who had just eaten lunch at a Southlands restaurant when the tornado hit has quite a story to share with her unborn baby.

Susie Weisbrod-Nagy was so impressed by the sight of the tornado that she just kept taking video.

"We were kind of trying to follow it, which is the wrong thing to do when you're five months pregnant. Sh! Don't tell my doctor," Weisbrod-Nagy said.

The storm was a must-see and a must-shoot, she said. Even while their sport utility vehicle was being pelted by hail and some debris, Weisbrod-Nagy was transfixed, holding her cell phone and recording as her husband drove.

"We watched it go down the entire Main Street. It was crazy," she said. "We weren't afraid. It was fascinating."

While many 7NEWS viewers shot video of tight twisters twirling, Weisbord-Nagy was caught up in the debris, videotaping as pieces of steel signs flew around her.

When their windshield was cracked by hail the size of a softball, they decided to head out.

"When it hit the windshield, that's when it was really, really scary and I said, 'I think we should go,'" she said.

Their SUV is damaged, but drivable, and she and her husband escaped without injuries.

"The baby's fine. We're going to have to name it Twister or something!" she said with a laugh.

She expects to give birth Nov. 1.