Fact Check: Dated clips falsely captioned as a tornado hitting Dallas in 2024
A video compilation of old clips showing weather events from different locations has been falsely captioned as a tornado hitting Dallas in 2024. No tornadoes have hit the City of Dallas or Dallas County this year, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said.
A video montage being shared online, opens new tab carried the text: 'Tornado in Dallas' and was captioned as #2024.
A spokesperson for NOAA said in an email to Reuters that 'there have been no tornadoes in the City of Dallas or Dallas County in 2024.' No tornado appears in the agency's observed weather, opens new tab for October in Dallas.
Reuters previously addressed the false claim of a tornado hitting Dallas in 2024 when it was shared with a different montage in August.
Footage of a storm in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, opens new tab, in 2016 has been edited to add a tornado and used as the first clip in the compilation.
The original footage, opens new tab was shared on a YouTube channel called 'Tornado Trackers' and titled 'Hurricane Matthew - Melbourne and Jacksonville, FL.' Gabe Cox, director of Tornado Trackers, said in an email that they recorded the original video.
The edited clip, opens new tab can be seen in a September 2023 post on a TikTok account called @rtsarovvideo. The account's bio states: 'Videos real or edited.'
Reuters previously addressed the altered clip when it was miscaptioned as Storm Daniel, which hit Libya in September 2023.
The second clip is a flipped version of a video of a tornado (0:35 seconds) shared, opens new tab by Amanda McCrea Wolfe, a resident of Camrose in Alberta, Canada, on Facebook on June 4, 2024.
The footage was published by news, opens new tab outlets, opens new tab to depict a tornado that hit Edberg, Alberta, in Canada on June 3, 2024.
The exact location, opens new tab where the video was filmed can be seen on Google Earth, opens new tab.
The third clip in the compilation was originally published, opens new tab on the licensing platform Viral Hog as showing a tornado in Martinsburg, Iowa, on March 31, 2023.
The exact location, opens new tab of the tornado can be seen on Google Street View, opens new tab.
Stock footage, opens new tab of a tropical storm available on stock media platform iStock by Getty Images has been flipped and edited to add a tornado. The edited version of the video was shared by, opens new tab the TikTok account @rtsarovvideo - the same account that shared the first clip.
According to the description on iStock, the video was filmed in Cambodia and was added to the platform in October 2018.
Fifth clip (0:26-0:30), opens new tab
Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the fifth clip.
Sixth clip (0:31-0:37), opens new tab
The sixth clip is a video of a tornado in Nebraska, opens new tab in April 2024 that was uploaded, opens new tab to video licensing company Storyful's website.
Seventh clip (0:38-0:44), opens new tab
The seventh clip is a flipped version of a video shared by local news outlet, opens new tab KSN depicting a tornado in Andover, Kansas, opens new tab, on April 29, 2022.
Eighth clip (0:45-0:53), opens new tab
The eighth clip also shows a tornado that hit Andover, Kansas, opens new tab, on April 29, 2022.
Ninth clip (0:54-1:01), opens new tab
The final clip in the montage is the flipped version of footage of a tornado shared on Instagram, opens new tab by storm chaser Ricky Forbes on Sept. 12, 2024. According to the post caption, the footage shows a tornado around Dodge City, Kansas, on May 16, 2016.
VERDICT
Miscaptioned. A montage shared with a claim that a tornado hit Dallas in 2024 consists of clips that are old and from elsewhere.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work.
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