Funnel Cloud, Pima
- When
- October 30, 10:50 AM MST to 10:55 AM MST
- Where
- Pima County, 3.11 mi W of Marana
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -111.273
Twitter photo of a cold air funnel near Avra Valley was received.
Funnel Cloud in Arizona, October 30, 2015
The center of a very cold low pressure system resided over the area. Scattered showers and thunderstorms occurred, with a rare cold air funnel forming near Avra Valley.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 TWC wrote it up.
The center of a very cold low pressure system resided over the area. Scattered showers and thunderstorms occurred, with a rare cold air funnel forming near Avra Valley.
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:50 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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 605429.