Tornado Swirls Outside Stettler Canada

Occurred on May 31, 2023 / Stettler, Alberta, Canada

Info from Licensor: "On May 31st at 4:40 pm, my son and his friend were in the backyard digging some holes for trees when they noticed the tornado. I was in the house finishing up some graphic design work. My son came to get me because he knew I would want to see it and record it, as I love storms. I imagine also because it was a tornado but my son hadn't told me that. When I went outside I could not believe what I saw. The funnel cloud coming down from the sky was a shock to see. As was the dirt rising up from the ground in the weird shape it was. I could not figure out why the dirt on the ground was so strange. Once we realized the bottom and top were connected it was scary, but really cool to watch. It did not appear to be moving much on the ground so that was a good thing. It was so neat to see the dirt being sucked up in a spiral kind of shape up to the top. It was all so amazing. I called my daughter to warn her. I could not think of who else I should call, I was a little panicky. I heard my son's friend suggest 911 so I called 911. While I was on with 911, we received a tornado alert on our phones, which is what stopped my phone from recording. Gladly, right after the tornado started, it started to dissipate and was gone within a few minutes. From my knowledge, no one was hurt or injured."