Funnel Cloud — Mckinley, New Mexico

2022-10-04 · near Mexican Spgs, Mckinley, New Mexico

Event narrative

A post on social media indicated a large funnel cloud hovering over Twin Buttes Mesa near Navajo, NM.

Wider weather episode

A slow-moving upper-level low pressure system with abundant moisture interacted with a backdoor cold front sliding southwest through eastern NM to produce widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms over NM during early October. Just enough instability and shear below the larger scale rotation aloft allowed a couple storms to produce brief funnel clouds over the region. A funnel cloud was observed near Edgewood.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1053281. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.