MUST SEE VIDEO! Possible Tornado, Straight-line Winds, or Microburst! Dothan Alabama Weather 

Not sure but this yard setup/landscaping is gorgeous!

This wasn’t a tornado. The way you can tell us the wind doesn’t change direction. A tornado has wind pulling and sucking as it passes by. You would see the trees bending the direction the tornado was. It could be a derecho.

Straight line winds. Wind direction never changed and a microburst is much more intense and usually has hail

First of all, thank you for using a quality camera. Secondly, thank you for not constantly zooming in and out making it unwatchable. Thirdly, thank you for not talking through the entire weather event. And finally, thank you for not inserting constant "oh my g-d" and endless profanities like so many other weather videos.

beautiful garden!

great footage. insane storm

I'm impressed. You didn't hardly flinch! That looks super scary to me.

gorgeous HD quality. I grew up 50 miles north of Dothan. I don't remember a storm this strong ever rolling through the area.

I live in Dothan Alabama and I was horrified nothing has ever happened like this and all the trees round my house got knocked over it was horrible😓😭

I'm glad I'm not a tree. They go through hell. They can't go inside when it's stormy, they just have to stand there.

What a lovely yard. Hope the microburst didn't damage your trees and flowers

You have a beautiful backyard oh and great footage of what looks like a possible microburst...whatever it was, you did a great job of filming, very clear, not shaking camera just very professional looking!! I loved it!!!!

No tornado here, just strong straight-line winds and heavy rain.

I'm going with a micro burst. Straight line winds.

This seems to just be some strong straight lined winds.

Man, you have some *gnarly* weather in US. We in 🇬🇧 complain about ours (it's a national pastime!) but really, we haven't much to complain about compared to this, and hurricanes, tornadoes, derechos, intense heatwaves..... We have had severe flooding events and there's no one I'd wish that on. Keep safe y'all!

That's a microburst. You can tell that it's a microburst by looking at the top of the trees. There is a noticeable downward angle to the wind here that presses down the top of the trees. That's normally indicative of a microburst where the wind is actually blowing down to the ground from high up in the atmosphere.

definately NOT a tornado. Winds are up to 100km/h and that is not even hurricane force winds

0:35 1:01 poor pear tree. Only lasted about 7 seconds into the most intense part. Such beautiful but weak trees. Great video!

I remember this I live in dothan also and I was in a mobile home at the time. I was for sure it was gonna flip it was rattling and shaking so bad you could hear the plates on the counter rattle also.

The collapse of a thunderstorm, downward falling cold air out of a thunderstorm. Wind blowing one direction, not a tornado.

It's a microburst, for sure. No twistees here.

If it was a tornado, a lot of things would blow away, if it was a microburst, there would've been a lot more downdraft with it.

That's one Violent Severe Storm, sustained 50-60mph and those gusts where 70mph +

Why can't there be consistent hurricane footage like this? That would be my goal, film the unending, unrelenting build up and progression of a hurricane from a clutch vantage point. Then, display it to all of you!

Trees be like "God wtf you doing man... I thought we were on the same team..."

Me encanta la lluvia, me hace pensar que hasta las nubes pueden tener un mal rato y llorar...

Gotta say, loving the framerate. Weather looks so much better in 60fps :D

If I saw that. I would have a straight up panic attack

I don't know why but this weather is beautiful in a really creepy way

Straight line winds are the same thing as a microburst

Here in Brazil this kind of storm is very common especially in the summer. But in this case it was a small microburst. :)

I’m not an expert but I believe these are straight line winds because of the upward draft at one point in the video. Also straight line winds are just air that has been pushed away from a storm from the pressure.

Lasted too long for a microburst. Straight line winds but still impressive!

What's all the hoohah over a little drizzle? lol Had a strong one here a couple of weeks ago. I caught it right before I made it home. Last intersection before the house I couldn't see through the windshield and just happened to look out of the drivers side when the first real wind burst hit. Rain completely horizontal and the wind hit a huge pecan tree as I looked over. It started to bend and right as you would expect it to bounce back the wind just pushed harder and it kept going. Snapped that baby right off at the ground! Impressive cuz the butt was a solid 24 inches! Just missed the house it sat in front of by about 5 feet. Lucky owner! Cool storm!

Looks a lot like the hurricanes we have here in NC. Pretty yard though! Hope you were able to make it look pretty again!

One direction winds despite the twirling planters. Turns grey for a short period of time a couple of times, yet winds stay only one direction. Conclusion: None of the above. Downburst.

Straight line winds form from a bow echo and happen just before the precipitation. Micro Burst form directly after and parallel to the frontal boundary passing through. Thunderstorms can also cause heavy winds that are not associated with an echo or boundary line.

We had these same winds in Mobile, most likely the same day. I was too blown away (no pun intended) to think to grab my camera. It was pretty awesome!

Just a good old-fashioned severe thunderstorm. I live in Phoenix and I know. Several questions. Did the lights go out? Also any idea how strong the winds? They look close to 80mph gusts a few times. Must be strong trees there!

best gust 30secs best overall action about 90secs great trees there always best for wind action takes me back to when I was a kid always into thunderstorms watching the trees

I live in Dothan as well by Lowe's across by Walmart and I tore my yard and privacy fence up so bad. Thank God I have insurance. I believe this was a tornado that came down but didn't actually stay on the ground long. It was awful

A side note... There are so many videos of the winds, storms, hail, tornados from across the plains states... looking at life a hundred or so years ago... the people out there were just nailing things together for a shelter/house... like Little House on the Prairie... you gatta wonder how often people ended up rebuilding their shelters each year.

This looks a ton like my neighborhood. We just lost a lot of branches on our weeping willow. I'm glad someone was brave enough to stand out in this! Lol

I remember one time when I was a kid we had a severe thunderstorm watch on tv. I remember hearing a piece of thunder that day

Sounds like tornado spin

Impressive that nothing in the video got knocked over!

I live in north east IL and we get these things a lot in the summer

Looks like straight line winds to me🌨🌩

It was a microburst. If all damage and wind go the same did reaction it's microburst.

phoenix az got hit by a storm like that last year and it looked exactly like this! winds gusted up to 100 mph and blew down hundreds if not thousands of large and small trees, knocked out power to 50,000 people, tore off some roofs and sent branches flying into houses, cars, and into swimming pools, caused powerful flash floods and left a huge mess to clean up for weeks to come. it only lasted 15 minutes but it was like a hurricane or a f1 tornado! there was an actual confirmed tornado near glendale az, it was a brief whirl and didnt do much damage but the microburst that followed sure made it hard to tell whether or not the damage was from the tornado or the wind blast.

In this case, a picket fence is a lucky choice. You can see a number of other backyard videos of microbursts in which solid wood fences are slammed to the ground in a flash.

This is a SUPERCELL!!!

THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

Definately looks like a straight line winds signature but very very good quality video!!!

Yea and to think, I live in Dothan and this isn't even the worst possible weather we have. 2 months ago there was a tornado going through and it came through our backyard. 1 week later there was one downtown but it was an f2. Frickin scary crap in late winter/early spring...

That was straight line wind or a microburst.

Straight Line Winds for sure.

Cute backyard! Nice footage too.

I live in dothan and my neighborhood was out of power until early Monday morning at 3 am and my mom just got her power back on last night. I live in a trailer park and a tree fell on one of my neighbors place and quite of other trees fell also lucky no one in the park got hurt just a big mess we are cleaning up. That was scary we just sat down to eat supper and this storm hit out of no where!

This was a stron microburst. The winds were blowing one way the whole time.

It's just winds. A tornado, the wind direction will change in relation to the rotation.

Possible Wake Low?

Hazard (If it was long lasting): Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Not a tornado for sure. But to me microburst are more impressive sometimes! Nice vid

Awesome wind

you dude i live in dothan to dothan high school was out no food or power the power went out today at lunch but good vid man a fellow youtuber in my city awesome

microburst w/ straight line winds. A tornado would've pulled your planters and trees up

It came in hard and fast 💨 Tornado 🌪 like 👍 Squall Line smashes Alabama with 90mph Gust 💨

Nice footage! What camera did you use?

Could be a small micro burst usually they are stronger than that but could be. Or also could be inflow to a tornado due to same direction winds

That was a pretty string gust

That glorious 60fps

those winds look about 75 to 80 mph

I'm not to smart on trying to identify what is happening during a severe storm but could it possibly be a RFD in a tornado?

We had a lot of trees down over here in Cloverdale.

Indeed a microburst

Not much to see. Typical summer storm in the South. Yawn.

I'd keep playing, doesn't look like the heavy stuff will move in for a while.

Hey Tyler, what kind of camera did you use? And how many fps? And what editing software?

Derecho.

Hello! Is it possible to contact you over mail regarding this video? I would love to discuss getting permission to use the video in a production if possible. Greetings!

Take shelter man your risking your life man.

If I were you, when the thought of "oh shit, that might be a tornado" popped into my head, I would've went straight to shelter.

It's just a regular storm with some gusty winds. Calm down.

I don't know how those trees didn't break off.

That was no where close to bieing a tornado

Hi, Can I please check whether this is your video? I would like to find out about using it in a documentary. Thanks

I remember this day like it was yesterday they canceled school and everything

whoever built that picket fence did a good job indeed , great video as well .

This is a microburst not a tornado.

I love this rain

omg those bird feeders are like the hevyest things ever non of them are like side ways omg

They did a great job on their back yard.. I hope it was ok…

definitely a microburst

this cracked our window we were without power for 2 or 3 days

talk about rehobeth though

Everyday here on the prairie when we get a storm.

I know that pulled some shingles off of houses in the area. Wicked.

When this hit our house, the trampoline was lifted into the air, and ended up on the roof. We had to get the whole roof replaced