A DRIVER was left speechless after seeing a truck being swept down the street by a mini tornado.
The surprising moment was captured by Hunter Luken and a friend as they walked past a car dealership when the event occurred.
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Luken’s insane footage was captured as an EF-1 tornado hit Jacksonville on the south side of Florida during a thunderstorm on Friday, CW affiliate WJXT reported.
“Are you making a tornado right now? We’re watching a tornado forming right over there,” one person can be heard saying in the video as they drive past a used car lot.
The tornado can then be observed lifting a white Toyota Tacoma before sending it across the median and narrowly avoiding oncoming traffic.
“Oh my God!” someone in the car shouted.
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According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department, no one was injured by the wayward automobile.
A second person captured the incident from a different angle, showing how many cars were forced to stop and avoid the overturned vehicle.
Ellen Mitchell called the entire ordeal “very scary.”
“I saw a funnel forming and decided to pull out my phone and take a quick video of it. I had never seen a tornado before. I’m a born and raised Florida girl,” Mitchell told the outlet.
“If that tornado was capable of doing that to a vehicle, if a human being was there, what would happen because Floridians are constantly on the lookout for hurricanes, but not something this fast.”
Mitchell said the tornado had been on the ground for 20 minutes before he received an alert on his phone.
“I feel very lucky. I mean, it could have taken our lives, it could have killed any of us or anyone here. But luckily we are all here. We are safe, we are alive by the grace of God,” she added.
This storm is the latest in several severe weather systems to hit the US.
I had never seen a tornado before. I’m a born and raised Florida girl
Ellen Mitchell
Last month, millions of Americans were affected when severe weather struck Georgia, Texas, TennesseeIt is Alabama.
Thousands of Tallahassee residents were without power, according to a map of city outages.
Several schools in the area closed and residents were warned to shelter in place.
“Dangerous situation unfolding in Tallahassee now,” the Tallahassee National Weather Service wrote in the X, previously Twitter.
“Seek shelter immediately. Multiple circulations and radar-confirmed tornadoes apparent on radar.”
Tallahassee authorities asked people to stay off the roads to help clear a path for first responders.
Meanwhile, in Texas, the city of Granbury, about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth, was hit by baseball-sized hail.
“It sounded like bombs were hitting the top of the ambulance,” she told the outlet,” first responder Lydia Torres told the NBC affiliate. KXAS-TV.
“Especially when it hit the top of the windshield, you could see the glass start to break everywhere.”
Torres said she was dispatched along with her companion when the storm hit.
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