Funnel cloud forms east of Albuquerque

FIXING ROADS ON THE NORTH SIDE WHILE IMPROVING CONTAINMENT LINES IN THE SOUTH. A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE EAST MOUNTAINS POPPING UP THIS AFTERNOON. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO SENT TO US BY ONE OF OUR VIEWERS. LOOK AT THAT. I KNOW YOU EDUCATED ME ON THIS EARLIER TORNADO AND FUNNEL CLOUDS. TECHNICALLY, THIS IS CONSIDERED A TORNADO, JUST FORMED A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, WE’RE STILL WE’RE STILL RESEARCHING IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY THAT WE WOULD KNOW IF IT WAS ACTUALLY A TORNADO OR A LANDSPOUT TORNADO, A LANDSPOUT IS A FORM OF A TORNADO IS IF IT ACTUALLY REACHED ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND. AND SO THAT’S WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR. AND WE’RE NOT EXACTLY CERTAIN. IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS REACHING ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND, BUT WE DIDN’T SEE A DEBRIS CLOUD ON THE GROUND, AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND SURVEY TO SEE IF THERE’S ANY DAMAGE. BUT BASICALLY, TORNADO FORMS, YOU KNOW, FROM SWIRLING WIND. AND THE LANDSPOUT TORNADO IS DIFFERENT FROM A REGULAR TORNADO IN THAT IT FORMS FROM THE GROUND UP RATHER THAN FROM A TRADITIONAL TORNADO THAT FORMS FROM THE CLOUD DOWN TO THE GROUND. SO WE’VE GOT UPDRAFTS AND DOWNDRAFTS AND ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AND THOSE DOWNDRAFTS SENT OUT WIND THAT CREATES THOSE STRONG WINDS THAT COLLIDE AND THOSE COLLIDING WINDS CAN GET DRAWN INTO AN UPDRAFT AND BEGIN TO SWIRL WITH ROTATION OF THE EARTH AND CREATE THOS