Weather officials warned people to take shelter after a powerful tornado touched down in Northern Texas on May 23, bringing with it hailstones and potential flash flooding.
“A very dangerous large tornado is on the ground north of Morton,” the National Weather Service said on Monday alongside an image of the large storm system which was captured by an onlooker and shared online. Morton is a city in Cochran County, Texas with a population of 2,006.
The storm has wind gusts between 60 to 70 mph, NWS said in its hazardous weather outlook. A tornado warning remains in effect.
One storm chaser in Texas captured the tornado on video and described it as an “absolute monster.”…