VIDEO: Footage captures mini-tornado forming in Northamptonshire
![Mollie Gibson captured this footage of a tornado forming in Towcester.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_84094963.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Mollie Gibson captured this footage of a tornado forming in Towcester.](/img/placeholder.png)
Eyewitnesses in Towcester caught a glimpse of the dark funnel cloud forming at about 6pm last night (Sunday, June 12).
Others managed to grab snaps of the mini-tornado in full flow near the A43/A5 roundabout, by the Tesco superstore.
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Hide AdSome onlookers reported garden equipment being blown over as the swirling wind picked up.
Mollie Gibson captured the mini-tornado forming over her house in Marlow Road, Towcester.
The 20-year-old said: “It was quite scary, especially towards the end of the video.
“You can hear me saying ‘oh my God’ over and over.
“It started coming closer towards us.”
![Mollie Gibson captured this footage of a tornado forming in Towcester.](https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_84094963.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65)
![Mollie Gibson captured this footage of a tornado forming in Towcester.](/img/placeholder.png)
Ms Gibson, who works on the reception at a nearby doctors’ surgery, said neighbours reported items in the garden being blown over.
So far there have been no reports of serious damage.
The last time a tornado was reported in the Northampton area, it ripped tiles and bricks off houses and destroyed a number of garden sheds in the Duston area.