Therein lies the rotation The key to determining if what you're seeing is just a "scary-looking cloud" or a tornado is the rotation. If you see upward movement, but no rapid, blender-like rotation ...

But not all scary, suspicious clouds looming beneath a storm are an indication that a tornado is imminent. A boiling summertime sky can feature more than a dozen types of clouds floating at all ...

They can look like a tornado but are benign, slow-moving, vertical fog banks. Another great example of a scud vacuum occurred in Kentucky in 2021. A "scud vacuum" in July 10, 2021 in Burkesville ...

The tornado’s cyclonic movements are so mesmerizing at times that you almost forget just how destructive and dangerous it really is. Even if you don’t have a VR headset, this video is still ...