Video shows mashup of old, fake tornado footage | Fact check

An Oct. 11 Facebook video (direct link, archive link) shows a series of tornado clips.
“Tornado in Dallas,” reads text superimposed over the video. The post’s caption includes the hashtag “#2024.”
The video was viewed more than 20,000 times.
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There has not been a tornado in Dallas this year, according to an area meteorologist. The post includes clips of tornados that occurred in other places and videos that were circulating online before 2024. It also shows tornados that appear to be digitally created.
Daniel Huckaby, a National Weather Service meteorologist, told USA TODAY there have been no tornados in Dallas County or in Dallas city limits in 2024. However, he said there have been three tornados in Collin County, which encompasses part of Dallas and is considered part of the “Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.”
USA TODAY debunked the first clip in the Facebook post earlier this month when social media users wrongly claimed it showed weather associated with Hurricane Milton. At that time, Manda Chasteen, an atmospheric scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, told USA TODAY she suspected the tornado was digitally created since it was rotating differently than large Northern Hemisphere tornados typically do and wasn’t interacting with nearby buildings. The clip also matches footage posted online in 2016 that shows the same complex without a tornado.
Fact check: Tornado footage predates Hurricane Milton in Florida
The fourth clip in the video also includes a tornado but matches footage uploaded to iStock in 2018 that shows a storm without a tornado.
Other clips in the video include:
USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
Reuters also debunked the video.
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This article was updated to add new information.