When you set out on a flight, you usually don’t expect to see a once-in-a-lifetime sight out the window. For Tasha, air travel is a fact of life. She traverses the country several times during the year. While flying near Denver, Tasha looked out the window and saw a rare sight. On Sunday, May 18, 2025, a tornado touched down in Bennett, Colorado, outside Denver.
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Her unique video capture offers a different view of the tornado than we typically see from ground coverage. However, compared to other footage, you can see the same features within the cloud and funnel formation. TikTok user Ashley Megan took a video of the Denver tornado from the same angle, but from the ground. Side-by-side, the images are eerily similar.
Tornadoes happen during thunderstorms when wind pockets cause a rotational cloud formation with an updraft. Every size tornado can be seen, from thin and tiny to huge, spanning a mile at the base. The basic ingredients necessary for tornado formation include warm, moist air near the ground with cool, dry air above, and wind shear. Although any thunderstorm can produce a tornado, the most common type to cause them is a supercell.
While tornadoes can occur at any time of year, they are more prevalent in the United States from May through July. They can build at any time of day, but surprisingly, most tornadoes form between 4 and 9 p.m. A Tornado WATCH means conditions are right, but no tornadoes have formed. A Tornado WARNING means a funnel has been spotted, and you should move into your basement or designated safe area.
It must have been shocking to see that view out the window.
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