Close Call at the Mall - Funnel Cloud/Near-Touchdown in TX

Funnel cloud appears and comes within 200 feet of touchdown - almost a tornado! This is my first attempt to film a tornado.

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• tornado
• funnel
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• mercedes
• texas

[chrisjames1962]

shaky shakerton

[DavidDLPE]

@chrisjames1962 - I assume you are referencing the shaky footage from the car? I agree - it was frustrating. For what was supposed to be a new road, it was in pretty sad shape. We were in a new Chevy Suburban - a fairly large and smooth-riding vehicle. But that road had some big jolts to it. Every time I tried to zoom in to get a better view of the rotation, the road would jolt us and the auto focus would go haywire. That's how it is in the real world - sorry! :-)

[espee75]

Their "Taco Camera?" It always ends up with a racial insult with you people. You tried to be funny, even tried to give it a funny voice, yet nobody laughed. You're full of it.

[DavidDLPE]

"You people?" What kind of racial slur did you intend with that little phrase?

You moronic little pansy. So in your pc little world, "taco camera" is a racial slur. Lord help us!

If you cannot hang with adults, then please, take your crayons and go home, wuss.

[TeddyLopez1]

I live in Harlingen

[nuuggy]

dude i live in harlingen! i dont remember dat tho

[googlefreak7]

I drove for 7 hours and 30 min.

[Laurrhi]

Wow, and no sirens...

[jammerr424]

I was always scared of tornados but when my mom told me they don't come where I live I wasn't scared of them!I thought a tornado will come by my house!!!!!!!! scary!!!!!!!!

[Sparksterfu]

O Wow a funnel cloud in the Rio Grande Valley, we don't get much of anything down here to see a funnel cloud is pretty rare much less a tornado. I know exactly were those images were taken, it was on the expressway heading east towards Harlingen, pretty cool sight. We had a tornado touch down in downtown Mcallen a couple of months back but it was extremely weak, an EF0 I think; it was on the local news.