Fort Stockton tornado touchdown: Scary videos show damage in Texas city

A tornado touched down outside of Fort Stockton in Texas on October 14, as per reports. A tornado touched down outside of Fort Stockton in Texas on October 14. Videos of the twister were shared widely online.A tornado touched down near Fort Stockton, Texas, Image for representational purposes. (Unsplash)NewsWest9 reported about the touchdown and posted a video.Another storm chaser posted a clip and commented “A large tornado touched down north of Fort Stockton, Texas a short time ago!”.The National Weather Service (NWS) had earlier said there was a tornado warning for Fort Stockton until 3:15pm CDT or 4:15pm ET. Now, several photos and videos of the tornado have been shared online as it touched down outside the city.Also Read | Tornado hits Screven County, Georgia: Videos capture massive twister near Newington Fort Stockton tornado: Scary photos and videos emergeOne person shared a photo showing the alleged tornado and wrote “Picture of the Fort Stockton tornado.”A stormchasers group added “Confirmed tornado northeast of Fort Stockton in Southwest Texas. Moving northeast away from town.”Yet another clip showed the tornado from a distance as a person moving in the car recorded.People shared more photos with one writing “A small tornado just went passed the house. In the south side of Ft.Stockton headed towards Roonie park.”Fort Stockton tornado damage updateTrees were uprooted due to the tornado and videos shared in the aftermath showed some structural damage. A local reporter shared a clip from the Pecos County Courthouse and wrote “On the ground at Zero Stone Park in front of the Pecos County Courthouse, where an entire tree has been uprooted and flagpoles bent following severe weather and tornado warnings. The cause of the damage has not been confirmed. Multiple reports of tornadoes on the ground in Pecos County are also coming in. More updates as information is verified.”Fort Stockton Pioneer, a local newspaper, also posted a video online, and reported windows seemed to have shattered.While the tornado warning has now expired, a local learning center cancelled classes. “Today's Classes Canceled Due to Tornado Warning. Emails will be going out to our Sprout families shortly with details about rescheduled classes. Please be on the lookout for those updates. Please stay safe, everyone!,” they wrote.A page on the weather noted “It formed quick. A broken line of thunderstorms, including some with broad rotation, formed west of town around lunchtime. One particular supercell had tightening spin as it passed just north of I-10. Radar shows a strong “couplet” just before 2:30. A pixel with winds blowing 91 mph TOWARD the radar was touching one with winds blowing 10 mph AWAY FROM the radar. Opposite winds right next to each other? Rotation — i.e. that’s where the tornado was,” speaking of the Fort Stockton tornado.Shuvrajit has over seven years of experience covering US, India, and world news. An English Literature postgraduate from Jadavpur University, Shuvrajit started off covering entertainment, gaming and all things pop culture. There were brief periods away from the media industry, with short stints in content marketing, ed-tech and academic editing. However, the newsroom beckoned and over the last few jobs, Shuvrajit has exceedingly focused on team functioning as well, including tracking news and assigning tasks, working on everyday breaking news, framing detailed coverage plans, and creating immersive and data-driven stories. In his time as a digital journalist, he has covered a Lok Sabha election, multiple state elections, Union Budgets and award ceremonies. He has also helped in planning content for company event panels in the past. For work, Shuvrajit enjoys dabbling with data visualization, editing tools, and AI chatbots and attempts to incorporate AI workflows in everyday tasks. He is deeply interested in geopolitics, sports, films and music. Prompting is a new fascination for Shuvrajit now. Apart from that, he can be found doom-scrolling, sharing memes, or cheering on his favorite football team.Read More