HAHIRA, Ga. – On Monday, August 19, Valdosta Today reader Ben Brannen captured this unique video around 5:15 p.m. of what meteorologist James Spann called a “landspout on the front edge of a summer storm.”

Apparently they are most common out west but do happen occasionally here.

“Landspout” is slang for a tornado that, unlike most tornadoes, is not associated with the mesocyclone of a thunderstorm. The name reflects the fact that these tornadoes look “like a weak Florida Keys waterspout over land.” The official name, “dust-tube tornado,” comes from the National Weather Service.

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Ben Brannen got home and said, “You’ll love this,” to his wife Jodi Hesters Brannen.