What started as a dream wedding day for William and Daynnely Carrillo ended in a viral moment that they, and their photographer, will ever forget.

The couple was exchanging vows in Portales, New Mexico, on May 25 when the weather began to turn. Just as they finished their ceremony, the wind picked up and dark clouds rolled in.

“It just got windy and then it just got cloudy,” Daynnely said. “It just instantly happened, and we just said, ‘OK, let’s go take pictures.’”

Photographer Chesnea Clemmons stepped outside to scout the lighting and what she saw stopped her in her tracks. A tornado was forming in the distance.

“I walked around the corner of the venue to take pictures of outside and my phone went off and it was like tornado detected in your area,” Clemmons said. “I looked up and s

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