Landspout Sweeps Across Field in Northern Texas
Multiple landspouts were reported in and around Dumas, Texas, as powerful winds swept the Lone Star State’s panhandle on Monday, August 8.
The National Weather Service (NWS) issued multiple special weather statements for the area, warning of gusts of up to 55 mph and half-inch hail.
Footage by Ruben Ortega shows a landspout spinning across a field in Dumas. Credit: Ruben Ortega via Storyful
Video Transcript
- No.
- Shut the doors. Now.
- Look at-- I was just telling Brenda, I said, look at that tail. Look at that.
- Stay. Stay.
- Look at it rip, tear out all that stuff. Puts them-- [LAUGHS]
- What y'all doing?
- You know, [INAUDIBLE] on the tornado.
- Look at-- oh, look at that, it just rips up them--
- Ain't that crazy?
- Hello.
- Yeah.
- [INAUDIBLE]
- We heard something, we're like, what the-- It's gone now. Yeah.
- Going down. [INAUDIBLE]
- Come back [INAUDIBLE]. Huh?
- [INAUDIBLE]
- OK.
- [INAUDIBLE]
OK.
