I thought a tornado was scary

Austin, Texas
March 23, 2021 5:19pm CST
I have never experienced a tornado and hope I never do. I have seen the reports of places that have been but by a tornado. I live in Texas and there are some small towns in this state. “Small” is about 1600 people make up the population. I saw a news report about a town called Bertram. As I was looking at the damage done to the building, I immediately thought it was the result of a tornado. WRONG! I learned something today. Ever hear of straight-line winds? “Straight-line wind is wind that comes out of a thunderstorm.” (REF: theweatherprediction.com/habyhints2/406/) I had no idea there was such a weather phenomenon. Several buildings completely destroyed.
Chief Meteorologist David Yeomans looks at storm damage pictures sent in by viewers during storm coverage March 22, 2021.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
23 Mar 21
Straight line winds are scary too, definitely. I've definitely seen the destruction.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
14 Apr 21
I had never heard of this wow. Scary.
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Stephannie
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
24 Mar 21
Yes. We had some bad straight line winds here a few years ago and it did a lot of damage here too.
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youless
@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
25 Mar 21
The tornado is called typhoon here. Of course it can be quite dangerous.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (381739)
• Rockingham, Australia
24 Mar 21
I've heard of wind causing massive damage but haven't heard of straight-line winds before.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
24 Mar 21
Yes, straight-line winds are very destructive as well.
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Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (52142)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Mar 21
I have never heard of such a thing. I wonder if that ever happened in NYC.
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CarolDM
@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
23 Mar 21
I have been though both many times. So scary for sure. I have heard of these winds my entire life.
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