The impressive image of a 'tornado' captured in Lorca this Monday | The truth

As shared by the X MeteOrihuela account, some areas in the interior of the Region have been affected by this rainfall. For example, in the Lorca district of La Paca “more than 40 liters per square meter” have been collected.

However, beyond the rain, this weather has also left other images and phenomena that are more difficult to see. Also in Lorca, in Purias, the formation of a tuba (or funnel cloud) has been seen, a phenomenon that can be confused with a tornado. It was the profile of the Southeastern Meteorological Association (Ametse) that published a video in which you can see this cloud. It is a vortex of air and condensed water vapor, shaped like a cone or tube, that rotates rapidly, hanging from a convective cloud, but without reaching the ground, as pointed out by Aemet.

The reason why it is considered to be a tuba and not a tornado, although at first it can be confused, is that, as indicated by this meteorological dissemination account, it is not “seen whether it touched the ground.”

How a tuba is formed

Tubas can form “under cumulus-type clouds if there is sufficient humidity and instability in the air,” says the State Meteorological Agency. When these reach the surface they give rise to tornadoes or waterspouts. As they do not reach the ground, the tubas do not usually cause damage, “their sighting can be an indicator of favorable conditions for the development of other convective phenomena of interest.”