Funnel Cloud, Colfax
- When
- August 28, 6:00 PM MST to 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Colfax County, 8 mi E of Raton
- Coordinates
- 36.606, -104.647 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in New Mexico, August 28, 1996
Numerous witnesses watched a funnel cloud over Johnson Mesa east of Raton which lasted about 15 minutes.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ABQ wrote it up.
Numerous witnesses watched a funnel cloud over Johnson Mesa east of Raton which lasted about 15 minutes.
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5568333.