Funnel Cloud, San Diego
- When
- February 28, 8:55 AM PST to 9:05 AM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, 2 mi NW of (Myf)mntgmry Fld San
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in California, February 28, 1997
A cold, deep , upper level trough moving over Southern California, helped spin up a funnel cloud over Kearney Mesa. The well-defined funnel was videotaped by a Kearney Mesa resident.
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 SGX wrote it up.
A cold, deep , upper level trough moving over Southern California, helped spin up a funnel cloud over Kearney Mesa. The well-defined funnel was videotaped by a Kearney Mesa resident.
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:54 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 Kentucky, February 28, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 28, 1997
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: 5589297.