Check out Debby’s flood and tornado damage in South Carolina and Georgia
Tropical Storm Debby slowed its advance to a minimum, dropping more than a month’s worth of rain in some areas of the southeast within 24 hours.
The claim: Video shows tornado from August 8 in Tennessee
An Instagram post from August 8 (direct link, archive link) shows a montage of tornado and storm footage.
“Tornado in Tennessee today. OMG,” reads a text superimposed over the footage.
The post was shared more than 100 times in one day.
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Our rating: False
The video is old and does not show a tornado from August 8 in Tennessee. According to a local meteorologist, there were no tornado reports in the state that day.
No tornadoes were reported in Tennessee on August 8
On August 8, after the video was released, National Weather Service meteorologist Cory Mueller told USA TODAY that there had been no tornado reports so far that day.
“Conditions are not favorable for tornadoes, large tornadoes or severe weather,” he said.
He pointed out that tornadoes were reported in North Carolina that day.
The video in the Instagram post is old—a version was uploaded to YouTube on July 12. The montage includes clips of a hailstorm in Texas in 2023 and a storm in Michigan in May.
Fact check: Video shows sections of the Nebraska tornado, not the Atlanta tornado of April 2024
USA TODAY reached out to the Instagram user who shared the post for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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