Funnel Cloud in McKinley County, New Mexico

Funnel Cloud October 4, 2022 · McKinley County, New Mexico

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

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

The wider storm

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.

Began near Mexican Spgs (35.8753, -108.9632).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1053281. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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