They look more like gustnadoes/dust devils to me. They can easily become strong enough to peel off aluminum sheet metal roofing like is seen in this video.. I've seen them this strong in Arizona without a cloud in the sky. Landspout is a piss-poor term for any vortex on land. It is just an artistically descriptive term. It simply refers to a tubular-appearing dust cloud in the vortex. regardless of which type of vortex it is. English devolving from specific to ambiguous.
@shkljg, landspout, not dust devil. You most likely said that because you didn't see the full funnel. Tornadoes and landspouts are not always a full funnel because there is not enough dirt and or weak.
Yes, it may appear that the tornado begins as a dust devil at the beginning of the video, but it soon starts to pick up all sorts of debris and spews it away from the vortex. Towards the end of the video, the debris cloud becomes even larger as it passes the building. You can even see the condensation funnel around the middle of the video. But when you think about it, all tornadoes start out as "dust devils" - they just become dangerous when they start picking up large objects.
This "tornado" looks like it was nothing more than a big dust devil or as another commenter put it, a "land spout", since the camera didn't pan up to show a associated thunderstorm or wall cloud.
This was rated as a tornado theirs another video of it where the camera pulls out and shows the funnel going all the way up to a thunder cloud their was two other tornados that touched down then vanished before this one came down.
how grunty do dust devils get? are they powerful enuf to tear houses apart like this thing was?... looks like a dust devil if it weren't for the fact that it was rippin houses to bits. but gotta love the fact that nature can't be put in a box lol and there are tornadoes that occur in sunny weather and whirlwinds that kick ass haha
Ive got to say its very hard to tell with this one because there is some cloud in the sky but yet the sky looks hazy blue in colour with sunshine.
I have looked at the film over and over and there is achance of it being a small tornadoe with light damage. But looking at its formation looks more like a dust devil becouse it stops mid air. Could be both abit of dust devil and a weake Tornadoe overlapping with one another to form both. This could be how its getin its energy from.
Where was this cameraman located?? That has to be the best quality tornado coverage I've ever seen. Those 2 buildings at 1:30 or so sure were lucky ..whew..
@nerblebun a dude thats a dust devil it can do damage remmeber tornadoes are formed only by a funnel cloud as yu can see it was during the day time and it was barely a cloud in the sky lolz so yeah this is so not a tornado it is a dust devil :)
@nerblebun well w8 my mistake there alot of clouds in the sky i had a little closer look at the sky it was kinda coudy but still there were no funnel clouds which means this is no tronado its still a dust devil :)
@nerblebun No it's a dust devil. The intensity is not what makes the distinction; it's the weather conditions. Tornadoes only spawn in thunderstorms (while tornadoes pick up debris, the funnels themselves are not dust; they are clouds made of water droplets). Dust devils usually occur under fair weather. Dust devils can and *have* caused structural damage, and even killed people. If you do a search for Lebanon, Maine 2003 dust devil I remember hearing about a man who was killed in one.
@Kayakofan66 Visible on the horizon, not visible all over the ground like on a perfectly sunny day (as it appears in this video). That would be exceedingly rare.
@ferrarimike23 Ha love all the weathermen on here. People always say "dust devil" like they know what they're talking about. It is a tornado, plain and simple. It happens to be on top of dirt/dust but that doesn't mean its not a tornado. Granted, it is weak, probably a F1 possibly an F2 based on the damage it was doing. Dust devils don't have winds that violent.
ii bet he was like wtf, clear skies nice day and im hold up by a roatating wind storm in the high way. but every body was just driving not even paying attention to it. lol i would of ran out there and ran through it need goggles and some really strong clothes so i dont get hit with an thing, lol but thats not a tornado just a wind storm pretty strong winds
@OHS73 ur right its not a tornadoo is a landspout its a weak tornado fored by a thunderstorm not supercell but its a landspout not just strong winds, look it goes all the way up to the clouds
@Saucenballs yes landspouts are considered weak tornadoes not formed by a supercell but all i was trying to say is that this in fact was a landspout whith is a weak tornado yet non supercellular there is no apperent supercell in the video or mesocyclone this is just one of thoose storms along the front range that made a lanfspout thats all i was trying to say
see thats the reason they were debating about putting DIA there because its right in the middle of no where. its in the perfect spot to get hit with a tornado
Land spout, dust tube tornados, I wasn't familiar with them. I once waited and waited for one to move on off the interstate so I could keep going. I finally rationalized since there was no wall cloud, it couldn't be a tornado. I was wrong, it gave my little trailer a respectable shake. You see these all over the front range now. Anything that shreds a pole barn could shred you. I avoid them now.
that is nor tornado or dust devil its wat is called a Landspout they happen when 2 windds meet coming frome different directions start to spin then if a thunderstorm builds overhead the updraft pulls those winds up if they spin fast enough you have a landspout
@maxolsonsk8 Alright Mr. "Trained Storm Spotter", take a look at part two of this video and tell me that's not a tornado. It's weak I'll give you that, (F-0 maybe F-1) but it's definitely a tornado. BTW, for somebody who's a trained spotter, you're not so great at spotting you're spelling mistakes.
but i live in colorado and saw that from my porch there was no wall cloud and that was not a supercell meaning its a land spout these happen all the time in colorado
A rotating column of air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud.
They are not always associated with severe storms. Dust Devils are a form of tornado.....But this stretches all the way up......
gustnado that turned into a weak tornado not a dust devil. watch the second video. It may have been a land spout. in second video i did not see a wall cloud but i was not there may have been a wall cloud that you can't see in the video it vary well may be a tornado
That was a very strong Dust Devil. Dust Devils can have EF1 winds to them which can make them dangerous. If anyone would have gotten hit by the sheet metal flying or glass it could have really hurt someone.
I doubt you could die from that, but you could get hurt. Amazing video. I Fav'd it.
I would call this a gustnado, its way to strong to be a dust devil since dust devil's windspeed seldom reach 50 mph. This thing looks like it did EF-0/EF-1 type damage.
yep... groundspout... we get em all the time... not a tornado per-se because it'd be sub F0 on the scale hehe but it'll sure spook ya if you don;t know the difference.
A tornado does not have to be any particular color. The condensation funnel of a tornado is usually the same color as the clouds above it but the dust cloud, which we see here as in other landspouts, is usually the same color as the soil it's going over.
@Bimfirestarter Never too bright for a tornado. Some tornadoes form on the back edge of the storm which allows the sun to shine right on them. That's how some videos have white tornadoes in them. And there are cases where the tornado stretches out so far, that you will not even see one drop of rain by the bottom portion of the tornado. Also depends on the location of where one is being viewed from.
If it wasn't for the 2nd video, it would be hard to tell what it was. Strong dust devils have been known to rip off roofs and overturn cars. Now, add the second video, and it is clear that it is a series of tornadoes or landspout.
As for vrednie's comment, who says you can't have 11 dust devils? If you have 11 dust devils, it would not make it a tornado outbreak. Just a normal day in the deserts in parts of the world.
These are not dust devils, as I had corrected myself previously.
it cannot be called a tornado officially from this video. You MUST see rotation of the parent cloud that engendered it. This looks like a VERY powerful dust devil on the video.
All the people commenting on how "weak" this thing is apparently weren't watching up to the point where it ripped that house apart. Starting around 1:36, those are the house's walls that are flying into the air. And yes, I'm sure of that because I'm from Colorado and flew in and out of DIA very close to the time this happened, and it was all over the news for several days.
It had to be a what E0 or EF0 or whatever the scale is now. It passed through what looked like some houses and some trees and did very little damage. Still, this would be a scary situation.
It MAY have been a tornado, if it was it was probably an EF0. Dust devils can sometimes, though rarely, cause damage. It doesn't have the look of a tornado, as it doesn't touch the clouds. But, then again, it may just be invisible up there.
When I lived in TX, I experienced a tornado, and I experienced many dust devils. This looks like dust devils to me. Sunny day, no funnel cloud, no flying cows.
It IS in fact a tornado, I thought it was a Dust Devil at first, but there is more footage where the camera is panned out and you can clearly see it reaching to the sky. Its a Tornado.
It's a landspout tornado not a dust devil. I knew people would comment on this video calling it a dust devil. The winds are clearly rotating with damaging force. If you look at how quickly the debris travels relative to the houses, streets, cars and trees, you'll can deduce that its winds are much more than 50 mph. Also, that fact that there is significant debris like roofs.
This is a tornado. Just check out video answer - its the same tornado filmed from other side and you will see big storm cloud above tornado and radar images.
Since our Planet isn't dead like Mars you don't get massive wind and dust systems like there. Tornadoes also create a field of influence outside the main funnel, it affects the storm by bringing in more vapor and increases or maintains mass and you'll notice the air around you suddenly change in direction and magnitude. Notice a car on the freeway wasn't affected in any way by that cheap-ass cyclone when "dangerously" close to it. It's a really big dirt devil and nothing more.
You don't know much about tornadoes or their various types, so I'd stop with the assy comments until you do a little research. You're the kind of person who's ignorance of tornadoes (and refusal to accept it) will get you killed someday. These "cheap-ass cyclones" can rotate as fast as an EF2 tornado. Your biggest mistake in your 'analysis' is the also the most common mistake of the laymen regarding tornadoes: you judge solely on what you SEE.
Oh, judging a tornados power by the damage done and the density of the material picked up what the fuck was I thinking? I must be thinking that I've heard scientists and engineers explain the complex mechanical interactions that go on in twisters. Like why are winds faster on Mars when its atmosphere is thinner? It has to do with the air and dirt, air and soil composition since that is what a funnel consists of. Watch the video again, then use your brain and do some research of your own jackass.
You judge based on what you're seeing; i.e. you only saw that "it didn't affect the car"....doesn't mean it can't cause serious injury or death to people in the open. A woman was killed by a dustdevil a few days ago, when it rolled over the storage building she was hiding behind as it passed...something YOU would've dismissed out of hand because it didn't toss a car.
How much was the woman's mass, what was the mass of the storage building, and what was the mass and density of the soil? If the soil is remarkably light the air's force is many times greater due to mass added by the soil. Was it really the storage building or a nail, or glass or some other light weight shrapnel. Two inch penatration anywhere in the body and you'll hit something vital. Tell me the whole story, from this one on the video it is a dustdevil, and you wont get sucked into wonderland.
Don't give me news paper headlines. Give me facts, and do some real research. Even potholes are dangerous to a degree, comparing that to an earthquake is ridiculous.
The stories of tornadoes leveling one house and leaving the on next to it with minimal damage are true. In another video I saw of a tornado, and it most definitly was one, it missed a car by just a few yards and went on to snap a tree that it hit directly.
I don't doubt that, however the way you said it makes me think you've never seen such a phenomenon yourself. Anyways back to the point, do you honestly believe you're looking at a real tornado here or a dirt devil? (rhetorical, just think about it yourself) Read all my other comments, I explain what I see in the footage.
0:26 "oh shit..."
tollboothjason 1 week ago
One of them could be a a weak tornado, but it isn't possible to tell from the video if the vortex connects with that high base of the thunderstorm.
cape6000jkg 1 month ago
They look more like gustnadoes/dust devils to me. They can easily become strong enough to peel off aluminum sheet metal roofing like is seen in this video.. I've seen them this strong in Arizona without a cloud in the sky. Landspout is a piss-poor term for any vortex on land. It is just an artistically descriptive term. It simply refers to a tubular-appearing dust cloud in the vortex. regardless of which type of vortex it is. English devolving from specific to ambiguous.
cape6000jkg 1 month ago
Dust devil.
barbynicky 2 months ago
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maxolsonsk8 1 week ago
@barbynicky watch part 2
maxolsonsk8 1 week ago
@sAwfr3ak, those are normal cars. The tornado wasn't that strong in the first place, it was an Ef-1
JustComments90 3 months ago
@JustComments90 Yeah - a weaker tornado does have to be really close to objects to affect them I see!
MrOrionfan 3 months ago
@shkljg, landspout, not dust devil. You most likely said that because you didn't see the full funnel. Tornadoes and landspouts are not always a full funnel because there is not enough dirt and or weak.
JustComments90 3 months ago
0:44 I would give anything to have been in one of those cars.
sAWfr3ak 4 months ago
I have to agree that it's a dust devil, but WOW! It's freakin' huge!
dzinetech 4 months ago
@dzinetech nope, it was a landspout. its a non- tornadic tornado
AJTwister97 4 months ago
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maxolsonsk8 1 week ago
@dzinetech Watch Part 2 its a Landspound/Tornado
maxolsonsk8 1 week ago
OUR UAV IS AIRBONE!
vfIskullangel 6 months ago
its a dust devil look on 0:23 en pause you can see that that is not a tornado
shkljg 6 months ago
@shkljg they didnt show the full thing there was a funnel above it
maxolsonsk8 1 week ago
"That's no Tornado...It's a Dust devil" - Obi-Wan Kenobi
julius923 7 months ago
wow nice
Gilberto817M018 7 months ago
Who in their right mind would be up in an airplane or helicopter videotaping this thing?
Mufaso1000 8 months ago
Heeeheee! Time to die you polluting airplanes!
Dragonwarrior137 8 months ago
Wow. Just, wow.
DJdoppler1 8 months ago
Whatever its just a harmless little dust devil
shthd84 9 months ago
@kb1qzy - opps, i mean small EF1 tornado i guess....lol
theotherbigbrother 9 months ago
vacuum cleaning all the garbage on the ground so can you hit Compton in LA and suck up all those idiots who live there pleeeeeeeeeze?
yetibiker08 9 months ago
yeah this is only an EF-1 with winds speeds up too 60 miles an hour
xHolidaynitex 9 months ago
i love the people in da cars driving by. they r probably like. what the fuck...
ryanroxursox100 9 months ago
DUSTNADO
bbbhhgg 9 months ago
this litle tornatoe haw a character !!
antonio39776 9 months ago
Nice view landspout.
wkLeoTrooper 9 months ago
Yes, it may appear that the tornado begins as a dust devil at the beginning of the video, but it soon starts to pick up all sorts of debris and spews it away from the vortex. Towards the end of the video, the debris cloud becomes even larger as it passes the building. You can even see the condensation funnel around the middle of the video. But when you think about it, all tornadoes start out as "dust devils" - they just become dangerous when they start picking up large objects.
FirstMrTornado 9 months ago
that is a textbook dust devil
bdis89 9 months ago
@bdis89 Watch part 2 its a landspout/tornado
maxolsonsk8 1 week ago
Interesting... We never have any tornadoes where I live!
Plysdyret1 10 months ago
Landspout from this angle. However, I would like to have seen a better view of the sky.
ranger1843 1 year ago
This vid could have been awsome, except for the shitty quality.
chrisjames1962 1 year ago
it is a dust devil it's just amaze's ppl how strong they could truely be
savagelife727 1 year ago
looks like a strong dust devil, not an acutyaly meslocyclone prodcued twister, albiet that is one hell of a strong dust devil
joevil2025 1 year ago
This is an extremely well-formed circular updraft, not a tornado. They get these on almost every continent, although rarely this intense.
seekingelite 1 year ago
That guy driving near the dust devil, CHICKEN! As for me, I would drive into that monsta! more film for me!
tornadonoob1 1 year ago
not really a tornado ,more of a huge dust devil seeking revenge!
jjjj123ize 1 year ago
haha strange
BlackWinter6G6 1 year ago
Thats one pissed off Dust devil. It commands respect!
vfIskullangel 1 year ago
pretty weak
niagra898 1 year ago
al though it might have strengthend to F1 at the end
glarbage11 1 year ago
nice F0 tornado
glarbage11 1 year ago
Tornado or a dust devil, if I ever see either one in my city.... it will scare me to death!
lyndaguilas 1 year ago
weird it's so huge for a dust devil
DesWavE 1 year ago
I remember seeing one of those while walking home from the store. i thought it was a freaking tornado and im all like,
hurry the fuck up traffic light!
IZrocks1000 1 year ago
that was not a tornado it was a dust devil it didn't pick up those cars it was just a very strong dust devil
JLA12301985 1 year ago
Dust Devil
AbeNW11 1 year ago
That's a big dust devil, not a tornado.
michaeldj5 1 year ago
Many tornadoes are nearly "invisible".
faffaflunkie 1 year ago
This "tornado" looks like it was nothing more than a big dust devil or as another commenter put it, a "land spout", since the camera didn't pan up to show a associated thunderstorm or wall cloud.
Nicholad99 1 year ago
This was rated as a tornado theirs another video of it where the camera pulls out and shows the funnel going all the way up to a thunder cloud their was two other tornados that touched down then vanished before this one came down.
NielsShoe 1 year ago
AERIAL VIEWS ARE BEST BY FAR!
Allow best perspective and almost 3-D discernment.
AIM HIGHER, vIDIOTographer, so less foreground and more tornado!
1/2 of view is worthless ground at the expense of showing more funnel.
Never did show cloud base here.
Why only 1:55?
Nice steady video.
robertgift 1 year ago
how grunty do dust devils get? are they powerful enuf to tear houses apart like this thing was?... looks like a dust devil if it weren't for the fact that it was rippin houses to bits. but gotta love the fact that nature can't be put in a box lol and there are tornadoes that occur in sunny weather and whirlwinds that kick ass haha
mtuckster 1 year ago
Ive got to say its very hard to tell with this one because there is some cloud in the sky but yet the sky looks hazy blue in colour with sunshine.
I have looked at the film over and over and there is achance of it being a small tornadoe with light damage. But looking at its formation looks more like a dust devil becouse it stops mid air. Could be both abit of dust devil and a weake Tornadoe overlapping with one another to form both. This could be how its getin its energy from.
Richardssong18 1 year ago
whirl wind
Kill9533224 1 year ago
Where was this cameraman located?? That has to be the best quality tornado coverage I've ever seen. Those 2 buildings at 1:30 or so sure were lucky ..whew..
trunk516 1 year ago
I doubt this had the accompanying tornado dynamics in the mid and upper levels. A totally different beast, but a monstrous beast indeed!
rjslade 1 year ago
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nerblebun 1 year ago 3
@nerblebun Oh yes they can! Some dust devils have been known to reach F2 strength.
MeanGene79 1 year ago
@MeanGene79 If it were catoragized as an F2....it would be a tornado.
nerblebun 1 year ago
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@nerblebun Obviously you don't know the difference between the two.
MeanGene79 1 year ago
@nerblebun a dude thats a dust devil it can do damage remmeber tornadoes are formed only by a funnel cloud as yu can see it was during the day time and it was barely a cloud in the sky lolz so yeah this is so not a tornado it is a dust devil :)
24infernoX 1 year ago
@nerblebun well w8 my mistake there alot of clouds in the sky i had a little closer look at the sky it was kinda coudy but still there were no funnel clouds which means this is no tronado its still a dust devil :)
24infernoX 1 year ago
@24infernoX -actully, i the whole sky is coverd with clouds. it's kinda hard to tell, but it is
planesareawsome 1 year ago
@nerblebun This is neither a tornado or a dust devil... I believe the proper classification is a gustnado.
ludogogo 8 months ago
@nerblebun, buildings made of 1 layer of wood are easy to tear apart.
ReadeRomke 8 months ago
@nerblebun No it's a dust devil. The intensity is not what makes the distinction; it's the weather conditions. Tornadoes only spawn in thunderstorms (while tornadoes pick up debris, the funnels themselves are not dust; they are clouds made of water droplets). Dust devils usually occur under fair weather. Dust devils can and *have* caused structural damage, and even killed people. If you do a search for Lebanon, Maine 2003 dust devil I remember hearing about a man who was killed in one.
TheEgonTowst 7 months ago
@TheEgonTowst
Most Tornadoes form on the back of the Thunderstorm where sunlight is usualy visible.
Kayakofan66 7 months ago
@Kayakofan66 Visible on the horizon, not visible all over the ground like on a perfectly sunny day (as it appears in this video). That would be exceedingly rare.
TheEgonTowst 7 months ago
That's not a tornado that's a dust devil
ferrarimike23 1 year ago
@ferrarimike23 Ha love all the weathermen on here. People always say "dust devil" like they know what they're talking about. It is a tornado, plain and simple. It happens to be on top of dirt/dust but that doesn't mean its not a tornado. Granted, it is weak, probably a F1 possibly an F2 based on the damage it was doing. Dust devils don't have winds that violent.
bigleague5 1 year ago
@bigleague5 we can't tell for sure because the camera didn't show the associated thunderstorm or wall cloud. None of us can be sure what it was.
Nicholad99 1 year ago
LOL I was near the airport on that VERY day!
:3
coolme16405 1 year ago
Funny, I got to this by searhing Chuck Norris (shit you not)
YoshiFan100 1 year ago
i bet the planes had to sit there and wait intil it was over....
rteilflf1 1 year ago
what was this landspout rated f-0 or f-1 ?
Droideka133 1 year ago
dust devil>?
TheOmghoboshow 1 year ago
ii bet he was like wtf, clear skies nice day and im hold up by a roatating wind storm in the high way. but every body was just driving not even paying attention to it. lol i would of ran out there and ran through it need goggles and some really strong clothes so i dont get hit with an thing, lol but thats not a tornado just a wind storm pretty strong winds
OHS73 1 year ago
@OHS73 ur right its not a tornadoo is a landspout its a weak tornado fored by a thunderstorm not supercell but its a landspout not just strong winds, look it goes all the way up to the clouds
maxolsonsk8 1 year ago
@Saucenballs yes landspouts are considered weak tornadoes not formed by a supercell but all i was trying to say is that this in fact was a landspout whith is a weak tornado yet non supercellular there is no apperent supercell in the video or mesocyclone this is just one of thoose storms along the front range that made a lanfspout thats all i was trying to say
maxolsonsk8 1 year ago
was that near the new D.I.A or the old one
orick34 1 year ago
that happend on my bday!!!:D
tzero440 1 year ago
That was a Dust Devil!
krissykris100 1 year ago
near e-470 and 120th?
Sentraman4 1 year ago
mabey it could pickup that digger? nahhhh
Gratz1333 1 year ago
see thats the reason they were debating about putting DIA there because its right in the middle of no where. its in the perfect spot to get hit with a tornado
Maceroneman 1 year ago
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RevelsRyan 1 year ago
A very strong land spout
NielsShoe 1 year ago
Land spout, dust tube tornados, I wasn't familiar with them. I once waited and waited for one to move on off the interstate so I could keep going. I finally rationalized since there was no wall cloud, it couldn't be a tornado. I was wrong, it gave my little trailer a respectable shake. You see these all over the front range now. Anything that shreds a pole barn could shred you. I avoid them now.
KayakFreak 2 years ago
0:26
he's like: should I stop? eehhh maybe I don't know...what the hell just go for it
LOL
benja85us 2 years ago
Everyone i am a trained storm spotter
that is nor tornado or dust devil its wat is called a Landspout they happen when 2 windds meet coming frome different directions start to spin then if a thunderstorm builds overhead the updraft pulls those winds up if they spin fast enough you have a landspout
maxolsonsk8 2 years ago
@maxolsonsk8
NWS classifies landspouts as "dust-tube tornadoes" in the Advanced Spotters' Field Guide.
diggingforgold 2 years ago
ya what about it i have the andvanced spotters feild guide in my room
maxolsonsk8 1 year ago
@maxolsonsk8 Alright Mr. "Trained Storm Spotter", take a look at part two of this video and tell me that's not a tornado. It's weak I'll give you that, (F-0 maybe F-1) but it's definitely a tornado. BTW, for somebody who's a trained spotter, you're not so great at spotting you're spelling mistakes.
81pluto 1 year ago
landspouts can cause up to F3 damage
and i know i a a bad speller
but i live in colorado and saw that from my porch there was no wall cloud and that was not a supercell meaning its a land spout these happen all the time in colorado
maxolsonsk8 1 year ago 5
a Tordando is defined as follows:
A rotating column of air ranging in width from a few yards to more than a mile and whirling at destructively high speeds, usually accompanied by a funnel-shaped downward extension of a cumulonimbus cloud.
They are not always associated with severe storms. Dust Devils are a form of tornado.....But this stretches all the way up......
pfizerbob2000 2 years ago
gustnado that turned into a weak tornado not a dust devil. watch the second video. It may have been a land spout. in second video i did not see a wall cloud but i was not there may have been a wall cloud that you can't see in the video it vary well may be a tornado
Blade4952 2 years ago
dust devil that lil black car would have brn toast, and the funnel didint even reach the sky
bsmoldon 2 years ago
FUJITAAAAAA!!!!!!! lol just playin
spikonaleash 2 years ago
Stupid dust devils!.
vfIskullangel 2 years ago
yall should probably watch the second video of this before yall comment on how this is not a tornado...
mjfrancis526 2 years ago
That was a very strong Dust Devil. Dust Devils can have EF1 winds to them which can make them dangerous. If anyone would have gotten hit by the sheet metal flying or glass it could have really hurt someone.
I doubt you could die from that, but you could get hurt. Amazing video. I Fav'd it.
RenownRecon 2 years ago
Definitely a tornado....
GavinJLang 2 years ago
I would call this a gustnado, its way to strong to be a dust devil since dust devil's windspeed seldom reach 50 mph. This thing looks like it did EF-0/EF-1 type damage.
Sparksterfu 2 years ago
Dust*
KingLord32 2 years ago
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KEngel1021 2 years ago
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That looks more like a strong EF - 1
KEngel1021 2 years ago
Strong dust devils :)
Vadim995 2 years ago
dust devil, not a tornado.
bloodfox0 2 years ago
its a dust spout
they never kill people
ill go inside the dustspuot when i was grade 4
jestian346 2 years ago
yep... groundspout... we get em all the time... not a tornado per-se because it'd be sub F0 on the scale hehe but it'll sure spook ya if you don;t know the difference.
Kittani1977 2 years ago
People drivin right by that fuckin watever that ain't no fuckin tornado it woulda sucked up those cars
Calvingreen17 2 years ago
it's a dust devil
shipp55 2 years ago
that is not a tornado dummy. that is a dust devil. a big one for sure.
peterbilt37042 2 years ago
looks more like a landspout to me but i cant say for sure
beserker1912 2 years ago
I find the lack of audio disturbing
bionicleboy3333 2 years ago
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i remember that tornado! all we did though was nothing really haha :)
skyejones142 2 years ago
isnt that a dust devil?
Dancemaniacsable1323 2 years ago 2
No, classic landspout.
dragonridley 2 years ago 2
@dragonridley It sure seems to be tearin' up a lotta stuff for a dust-devil...but it does seem a little too bright out for a tornado.
Bimfirestarter 1 year ago
@Bimfirestarter
A tornado does not have to be any particular color. The condensation funnel of a tornado is usually the same color as the clouds above it but the dust cloud, which we see here as in other landspouts, is usually the same color as the soil it's going over.
dragonridley 1 year ago
@Bimfirestarter Never too bright for a tornado. Some tornadoes form on the back edge of the storm which allows the sun to shine right on them. That's how some videos have white tornadoes in them. And there are cases where the tornado stretches out so far, that you will not even see one drop of rain by the bottom portion of the tornado. Also depends on the location of where one is being viewed from.
Torn80cj 1 year ago 5
@dragonridley i think it was a dust devil
josecitoperecito 1 year ago
@dragonridley maybe even a gustnado. And maybe even your answer
josecitoperecito 1 year ago
@dragonridley yup
ColumbiaAndHoodRiver 1 year ago
a little dust flying around, come on now
skirbyr 2 years ago
LOOKS LIKE AN F1
bbbhhgg 2 years ago 2
LOL... FLOOR IT!!!
LawrenceErnie 2 years ago
oh sorry.. it IS a tornado i watched now the second video :)
ViennaEunika 2 years ago
just a dust devil but still powerful like we see
ViennaEunika 2 years ago
If it wasn't for the 2nd video, it would be hard to tell what it was. Strong dust devils have been known to rip off roofs and overturn cars. Now, add the second video, and it is clear that it is a series of tornadoes or landspout.
As for vrednie's comment, who says you can't have 11 dust devils? If you have 11 dust devils, it would not make it a tornado outbreak. Just a normal day in the deserts in parts of the world.
These are not dust devils, as I had corrected myself previously.
ldr1ff 2 years ago
oh oops i forgot to see the second and other tornadoes !
Dancemaniacsable1323 2 years ago
Tearing off roofs? I don't think they get that strong. That would be equivalent to an EF2 tornado. The most I've heard of is EF0 damage.
dragonridley 2 years ago
Thats a nice dust devil, not a tornado
ldr1ff 2 years ago 2
11 Dust Devils???? I dont think so. Sounds like a tornado outbreak to me...
vrednie 2 years ago
we need more ariel footage of tornados
drummerboi14 2 years ago 14
it cannot be called a tornado officially from this video. You MUST see rotation of the parent cloud that engendered it. This looks like a VERY powerful dust devil on the video.
ProfessorIgor 2 years ago
if you see the part 2 to this video, you'll see the proof needed on whether it's a tornado or a dust devil. (It's a tornado)
ProfessorIgor 2 years ago
All the people commenting on how "weak" this thing is apparently weren't watching up to the point where it ripped that house apart. Starting around 1:36, those are the house's walls that are flying into the air. And yes, I'm sure of that because I'm from Colorado and flew in and out of DIA very close to the time this happened, and it was all over the news for several days.
DiesMali 2 years ago
impressive only abt 20 m across what was this rated at?
Mikeyburger3 2 years ago
It has to be a dust devil. Just dont fit the criteria of a real tornado. No clouds for 1. Some dust devils can be as strong as a EF0 tornado.
jillsliljuly 2 years ago
Aerial views are SO much better than ground views.
Photographer should have aimed camera a little higher.
No need to see 1/4 of the frame as foreground making less of the tornado funnel visible.
Remember, place the bottom of the tornado just above the bottom frame.
robertgift 3 years ago 2
Looks like a weak F1 tornado.
laamor99 3 years ago
It had to be a what E0 or EF0 or whatever the scale is now. It passed through what looked like some houses and some trees and did very little damage. Still, this would be a scary situation.
starVol 2 years ago
Imagine driving in your car and seeing that thing in front of you!
andyjalc 3 years ago 3
thats a dust devil
saulzaron 3 years ago
it had enough power to throw shit around and had the look of a tornado
NeilsShoe 3 years ago
It MAY have been a tornado, if it was it was probably an EF0. Dust devils can sometimes, though rarely, cause damage. It doesn't have the look of a tornado, as it doesn't touch the clouds. But, then again, it may just be invisible up there.
fordforme 2 years ago
probably a landspout...but there is some intense inflow more indicative of a low EF-1.
passuoutnw 3 years ago
That was awesome !!
Bajass00 3 years ago
When I lived in TX, I experienced a tornado, and I experienced many dust devils. This looks like dust devils to me. Sunny day, no funnel cloud, no flying cows.
dmt0709 3 years ago
In texas, we call that a breeze!!
waterdogtx915 3 years ago
It IS in fact a tornado, I thought it was a Dust Devil at first, but there is more footage where the camera is panned out and you can clearly see it reaching to the sky. Its a Tornado.
Phaticus 3 years ago
yea use some common sense and pay attention to the damage it causes
Jamiesyme999 3 years ago
those r distdevils
fattymagee1 3 years ago
It's a landspout tornado not a dust devil. I knew people would comment on this video calling it a dust devil. The winds are clearly rotating with damaging force. If you look at how quickly the debris travels relative to the houses, streets, cars and trees, you'll can deduce that its winds are much more than 50 mph. Also, that fact that there is significant debris like roofs.
toiletholder 3 years ago
They speak, what nobody knows of a nature and reasons of formation(education) tornado?
I not only know it, but I know as to destroy this terrorist.
maccKaron 3 years ago
Just imagine being the person driving at :31. "OK, wait for it...wait for it! GAS IT!"
statboy08 3 years ago
That's just a big dust devil, not a tornado.
JET997u 3 years ago
to see something like this from a safe distance is amazing
113EMAN 3 years ago 3
that looks like a dust devil but a dust devil cannot rip apart a roof
greenpower444 3 years ago
Thats a dust devil, not a tornado. It is sunny, not a drop of precipitation anywhere.
SoprisBDA 3 years ago
This is a tornado. Just check out video answer - its the same tornado filmed from other side and you will see big storm cloud above tornado and radar images.
polishchaser1 3 years ago
exactly. this is only a dust devil.
joelj99 3 years ago
best tornado footage i ever saw with me own eyes:)
skeeterjackbug 3 years ago
WTF :|
THATS CRAZY
jesusoath 3 years ago
Since our Planet isn't dead like Mars you don't get massive wind and dust systems like there. Tornadoes also create a field of influence outside the main funnel, it affects the storm by bringing in more vapor and increases or maintains mass and you'll notice the air around you suddenly change in direction and magnitude. Notice a car on the freeway wasn't affected in any way by that cheap-ass cyclone when "dangerously" close to it. It's a really big dirt devil and nothing more.
NathanielDayspring 3 years ago
You don't know much about tornadoes or their various types, so I'd stop with the assy comments until you do a little research. You're the kind of person who's ignorance of tornadoes (and refusal to accept it) will get you killed someday. These "cheap-ass cyclones" can rotate as fast as an EF2 tornado. Your biggest mistake in your 'analysis' is the also the most common mistake of the laymen regarding tornadoes: you judge solely on what you SEE.
passiontwist 3 years ago
Oh, judging a tornados power by the damage done and the density of the material picked up what the fuck was I thinking? I must be thinking that I've heard scientists and engineers explain the complex mechanical interactions that go on in twisters. Like why are winds faster on Mars when its atmosphere is thinner? It has to do with the air and dirt, air and soil composition since that is what a funnel consists of. Watch the video again, then use your brain and do some research of your own jackass.
NathanielDayspring 3 years ago
You judge based on what you're seeing; i.e. you only saw that "it didn't affect the car"....doesn't mean it can't cause serious injury or death to people in the open. A woman was killed by a dustdevil a few days ago, when it rolled over the storage building she was hiding behind as it passed...something YOU would've dismissed out of hand because it didn't toss a car.
passiontwist 3 years ago
How much was the woman's mass, what was the mass of the storage building, and what was the mass and density of the soil? If the soil is remarkably light the air's force is many times greater due to mass added by the soil. Was it really the storage building or a nail, or glass or some other light weight shrapnel. Two inch penatration anywhere in the body and you'll hit something vital. Tell me the whole story, from this one on the video it is a dustdevil, and you wont get sucked into wonderland.
NathanielDayspring 3 years ago
Don't give me news paper headlines. Give me facts, and do some real research. Even potholes are dangerous to a degree, comparing that to an earthquake is ridiculous.
NathanielDayspring 3 years ago
The stories of tornadoes leveling one house and leaving the on next to it with minimal damage are true. In another video I saw of a tornado, and it most definitly was one, it missed a car by just a few yards and went on to snap a tree that it hit directly.
dragonridley 3 years ago
it almost looks like a dust devil. it is probably F1?
NateD14 3 years ago
Yeah. I saw another video of the damage it did. Didn't look like F2. Probably too much to be F0.
dragonridley 3 years ago
I don't doubt that, however the way you said it makes me think you've never seen such a phenomenon yourself. Anyways back to the point, do you honestly believe you're looking at a real tornado here or a dirt devil? (rhetorical, just think about it yourself) Read all my other comments, I explain what I see in the footage.
NathanielDayspring 3 years ago
Well, If you'll w