Funnel Cloud — Valencia, New Mexico

2022-10-08 · near Belen, Valencia, New Mexico

Event narrative

A social media post on Facebook showed a well-defined funnel cloud over the west mesa near Belen, NM on October 8, 2022. Time and location are estimated from the Facebook post.

Wider weather episode

Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms continued to impact NM as a persistent upper-level low pressure system drifted over the region. Just enough instability and shear below the larger scale rotation aloft allowed a storm near Belen to produce a brief funnel cloud over the west mesa.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1052062. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.