A Tornado Near Watertown, South Dakota…in February?
Nothing surprises me when it comes to the weather anymore.
It's late February and a storm chaser caught the beginning of a tornado forming near Watertown, South Dakota. The air temperature at the time was about 40 degrees (F) when Alex Resel caught it on camera.
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The comments that followed the post were all saying the same thing: it looked like something might come from unusual skies.
Another commented that it "looked a little spinny up there." It was reported to be about 5 miles east of Castlewood.
The National Weather Service in Aberdeen on social media called for landspouts and winds up to 40mph on a Monday afternoon.
Remember, mere days ago South Dakota was dealing with -30 temperatures and cursing a polar vortex. This is 2025, huh?
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