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Newlyweds take wedding photos in front of tornado in New Mexico
News Nation ^ | May 29, 2025 | Mattie Powers

Posted on 06/20/2025 1:57:26 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin

PORTALES, N.M.— William and Daynnely Carrillo got married on May 25, and while the wedding day was just how they wanted it to be, they had a little surprise in the mix of it all.

Bad weather arose, and a tornado was spotted in the distance from their wedding venue. Instead of finding shelter, the couple took advantage of the moment by taking wedding photos in front of it.

“The ceremony was going to be outside and then everything else was going to be inside. So, it was going to be four o’clock and then basically throughout the whole ceremony we were getting married, we set our vows and then it just switched,” Daynnely said. “It just got windy and then it just got cloudy. It just instantly happened, and we just said, ‘OK, let’s go take pictures.'”

The photographer, Chesnea Clemmons, discussed taking the photos during the storm.

“It’s just an iconic moment that I mean you were never going to get that opportunity again, and I mean being the Plains we all are pretty weather aware and so we knew like it wasn’t close enough for us to be in complete danger,” Clemmons said.

Clemmons described how viral the photo had gotten once she posted it.

“I’ve had phone calls and interviews and CBS News and Weather Channel and AccuWeather and everybody’s been calling. It’s just been a crazy whirlwind for the last about 48 hours,” Clemmons said.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: newmexico; tornado; wedding

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1 posted on 06/20/2025 1:57:26 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: CedarDave

*PING*


2 posted on 06/20/2025 1:58:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Do they think they are mid-westerners?

That is our thing.

3 posted on 06/20/2025 1:58:47 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Personally, I’d take that as an omen.


4 posted on 06/20/2025 1:58:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
We got married in a fever...
hotter'an a pepper sprout.

5 posted on 06/20/2025 1:59:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Tornado girl - 1989.


6 posted on 06/20/2025 2:01:36 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Cool shot


7 posted on 06/20/2025 2:01:58 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Please pray for my brother Ken)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Very cool picture thanks


8 posted on 06/20/2025 2:02:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Looks like they be aw-ight


9 posted on 06/20/2025 2:03:28 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Whirlwind would have been an appropriate song for their wedding.
10 posted on 06/20/2025 2:05:15 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Looks to me like a pic of his mother in law is coming to live with them.


11 posted on 06/20/2025 2:06:56 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
we all are pretty weather aware and so we knew like it wasn’t close enough for us to be in complete danger,” Clemmons said.

Don't be so sure. They can pick up and put down a couple miles away very quickly. But I guess the family could hold the wedding venue for the funeral.

12 posted on 06/20/2025 2:07:58 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Fiji Hill

True!
Or alternate lyrics to “Jackson”:

We got married in a twister
Windier than all get-out!

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13 posted on 06/20/2025 2:08:04 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

“””Do they think they are mid-westerners?

That is our thing. “””

Exactly. 50 years ago I was on a jobsite with the old man. I was taking pictures of some tornadoes in the distance and he was yelling at me to get stuff nailed down.


14 posted on 06/20/2025 2:09:51 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Beau showed me the pix a while ago. That was my first reaction, ‘That MIGHT not bode well for the marriage itself, LOL!’


15 posted on 06/20/2025 2:17:01 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: plain talk

Did she survive that? That’s pretty flippin’ CLOSE!


16 posted on 06/20/2025 2:17:59 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Bullish

LOL!


17 posted on 06/20/2025 2:18:35 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

It looks like they both have their feet firmly planted on the ground.


18 posted on 06/20/2025 2:18:40 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: plain talk

Now that is a picture!


19 posted on 06/20/2025 2:19:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Odd are that he’s gonna end up losing a house either way.


20 posted on 06/20/2025 2:20:37 PM PDT by txeagle
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