Funnel Cloud, Benton
- When
- May 29, 6:00 PM PST to 6:30 PM PST
- Where
- Benton County, 2 mi NW of Corvallis
- Coordinates
- 44.492, -123.429 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Oregon, May 29, 1996
A cool, unstable airmass and an upper level disturbance produced scattered convective showers over western Oregon. A funnel cloud was reported by a weather spotter near Corvallis.
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 PQR wrote it up.
A cool, unstable airmass and an upper level disturbance produced scattered convective showers over western Oregon. A funnel cloud was reported by a weather spotter near Corvallis. The funnel cloud lasted only briefly and formed 2 to 3 miles northwest of Corvallis.
The radar
The Portland,OR radar (KRTX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:59 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 29, 1996
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- Tornado in North Carolina, May 29, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, May 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Utah, May 29, 1996
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5556967.