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Funnel cloud near Sonoita, Arizona

Between 12:30 pm and 1:00 pm on Tuesday, July 27th, a funnel cloud was spotted by several people near Sonoita, Arizona, in Santa Cruz County. This photograph was taken by Brian Houser at the intersection of Arizona state highway 82 & 83 in Sonoita. Based on this picture it is hard to tell if the funnel ever touched the ground.



Photograph courtesy of Brian Houser
Mr. Houser gave permission to NWS Tucson to use photo in this article

Benjamin West sent this video of the funnel cloud. (Larger 11MB file, m4v format)
Mr. West did give NWS Tucson permission to use this video clip in this article.

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