Large Tornado Rips Through Tyler, Texas

Severe storms brought hail, damaging winds and at least one tornado to parts of eastern Texas on Thursday evening. A video shared by Rajen Patel shows a large, dark tornado with lightning in Tyler, about 90 miles southeast of Dallas, shortly after 7 p.m. on April 20. #foxweather #weather #tornado #texas

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[scarlett.yuhhhh]

You know you're in Texas when everyone just stands there and isn't worried at all 😂

[Aaron-barton]

My Dad was watching that outside on the porch like nothing is happening

[melissaravencraft]

They’re mesmerizing until they’re not.

[Narutospicyking]

I live in Tyler and people were actually scared. There was a woman at grand slam crying because her husband hadn't made it there yet to watch a movie with her. She was glued to the glass door just praying that he would be okay and get there safe to her.
He finally did and she would NOT let go! She held onto him realizing we aren't promised the next day or even the next minute!

[nancykennon]

Yep. That's Tyler. See the guys just standing there just watching it. Texans don't run 😅😅😅😅

[andremakell]

I’d be looking at it too from a safe distance!!

[jenniferdowdell]

Wow, that's just amazing to me that no one seems to care. That Tornado is like, the least of their worries.

[stephaniescuilla]

Hope everyone is safe that tornado is huge

[allanmcelroy]

SCary and ominous...but from a distance

[RRtech-og]

It's a normal thing in TX, KS area my prayers to all families in Perryton tx and surroundings

[taurusquweenn]

Good ol' cowboy Bill said I've seen plenty of these in my days, this ain't nothing 😂😅

[juliebrtek]

Wow. Hope everyone safe that evening hours

[chrisdeangelo]

They look used to it, to them it's just another day.

[StormChaserMaci.]

How did those people NOT see it....
Anyways, this one was an EF2. People in Texas will pull out lawn chairs to watch a tornado we are so used to them.
I'm an advanced SKYWARN storm chaser in Texas for those wondering.

[courtneybugg]

It touched down a few miles from my house. That lil guy was an ef-1, maybe even less. Totally one that was outside stare worthy

[kathybell]

When did this Tornado go thru Tyler, Tx

[Cheryle-tl]

I left Texas to deal with earthquakes after being chased home by 7 tornadoes behind my car. Next day I saw the mall with no back wall. Dresses on manaquins flying in the breeze.

[TP-xyms]

I can’t believe do not heed to weather like tornados. My home town has been thru several but I pack up my stuff and drive in the opposite directions.

[NixonBailey]

I wonder when this happened because Tyler is my home. I was raised in Dallas, but born in Tyler.

[jamesmelton]

This is even smaller than the EF-1 I captured in front of my house last year.