Funnel Cloud, Cuming
- When
- June 19, 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming County, 6 mi WNW of West Pt
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Nebraska, June 19, 1996
High based funnel on the north side of the main thunderstorm cell. Seen and videotaped by storm chaser.
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 OAX wrote it up.
High based funnel on the north side of the main thunderstorm cell. Seen and videotaped by storm chaser.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:47 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 19, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19 to 20, 1996
- Flooding in Iowa, June 19 to 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 19, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, June 19, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, June 19, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 1996
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: 5562234.