Funnel Cloud in Texas, September 19, 1996

Name: Funnel Cloud in Texas, September 19, 1996
Start: 1996-09-19T21:00
End: 1996-09-19T21:10
Location: Texas

September 19, 1996 · NWS EWX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 22 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:54 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Williamson

When: September 19, 9:00 PM CST to 9:10 PM CST
Where: Williamson County, Georgetown
Coordinates: 30.648, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Texas in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Texas, September 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: 5564393.