--- title: Firenado Fire Tornado Photo in Missouri description: Bill Paxton never could have predicted this canonical: https://time.com/96117/firenado/ author: Jessica Roy article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-12T15:10:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:36.665Z og:title: The Scariest Picture You'll See All Day og:description: Bill Paxton never could have predicted this og:url: https://time.com/96117/firenado/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90878f7c4af49ee1/69868ee7169ab01b09279410/29223139.jpg?branch=production&width=970&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 970 og:image:height: 546 og:image:alt: FIRENADO TEARS THROUGH MISSOURI FIELD og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Scariest Picture You'll See All Day twitter:description: Bill Paxton never could have predicted this twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90878f7c4af49ee1/69868ee7169ab01b09279410/29223139.jpg?branch=production&width=970&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Scariest Picture You'll See All Day: A 'Firenado' > Sponsored content. 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Part fire, part tornado this blazing twister was spotted by Missouri native Janae Copelin while out driving. A 'firenado' tears through a field in Chillicothe, Missouri on May 3, 2014\. Part fire, part tornado this blazing twister was spotted by Missouri native Janae Copelin while out driving. Janae Copelin—Barcroft Media/Landov by [Jessica Roy](https://time.com/author/jessica-roy/) ## Jessica Roy May 12, 2014 3:10 PM UTC You thought the highly underrated 1996 action movie _Twister_ taught you everything there was to know about tornadoes, but you were wrong. Meet the [firenado](http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/may/11/firenado-fire-tornado-firenadoes), which is exactly what it sounds like: a tornado that sucks up surrounding fire, creating a swirling, burning cone of disaster. The above firenado was captured on Instagram by Janae Copelin in Chillicothe, Missouri. 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