A dark-colored dust devil or "coalnado" — which the local media has popularly dubbed it — was spotted swirling over a coal mine in Elkhorn, West Virginia.
Randy Walters captured the shocking meteorological phenomenon on film, describing it as ear-piercingly loud. "I heard it before I saw it," he told Storyful.
Randy Walters shot this awesome video of a whirlwind/Dust Devil at a coal mine in Elkhorn (McDowell County), WV. Though not a tornado and much weaker than one, it has earned the nickname "coalnado" around the mine! Crazy. @NWSBlacksburg @NWSCharlestonWV @VanFOX8Weather pic.twitter.com/JE6qTxyAjo
— Katherine Thompson (@WVVAKAThompson) July 30, 2019
[Via Earther]
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