MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — On Friday, September 12th, the Mt. Juliet League Inc. Facebook page posted a video of a large dust devil at a local baseball field.

According to Robin Speight, the park administrator for Mt. Juliet League Inc., the video was taken by Two Rivers Ford Parks' groundkeeper, Chuck Hagar.

In the video, you can see what looks like a small tornado that is picking up dust and dirt and lifting it high into the cloudless blue sky! It might look like a tornado, but it was a dust devil.

What is a dust devil? How does it form? And can they be dangerous?

Like a tornado, a dust devil is a rotating column of air. Unlike a tornado, they typically aren't destructive or deadly, but they can have winds over 60 mph, which is strong enough to cause minor damage.

They also differ f

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