Thanks to Bryan Cole for this image… he writes:
“James,
I didn’t take this pic but one of our German friends did. This was
taken at about 3 pm on Friday August 10th looking out to the East from the
East side of the plant. It only stayed on the ground about a minute but
called in by the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Dept. Most folks never had a clue
it was out there.”
This isn’t a tornado, but a dust devil. Those are ground based vortices that rarely produce significant damage. And, they are most common on a sizzling hot summer day!
This same dust devil was also shown on the blog that afternoon here.
