Tornado caught on camera swirling by East Texas home

Funnel cloud swirls past East Texas home

CCTV footage shows the moment a funnel cloud forms and swirls past a home in Lindale. (Video courtesy Judd Ramsey via Storyful)

LINDALE, Texas - CCTV footage captured the moment a funnel cloud swirled by a home in East Texas.

The backstory:

The footage was taken on April 4 in Lindale which is in Smith County.

Video shows the funnel cloud forming and swirling nearby a home under construction.

What they're saying:

The National Weather Service in Shreveport confirmed that an EF1 tornado happened east of Lindale on the morning of April 4.

NWS called it a "small, but intense tornado" with estimated peak winds of 97 miles per hour.

The tornado was on the ground for 2.62 miles and had a maximum width of 32 yards.