Funnel Cloud, Tulare
- When
- January 20, 4:15 PM PST to 4:20 PM PST
- Where
- Tulare County, 10 mi NNW of Porterville
- Coordinates
- 36.220, -118.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in California, January 20, 1997
One of many funnel clouds reported this day. Unlike the Exeter area to the northwest, no damage was reported in the vicinity of this funnel.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 HNX wrote it up.
One of many funnel clouds reported this day. Unlike the Exeter area to the northwest, no damage was reported in the vicinity of this funnel. Law enforcement observed the funnel but verified that it did not touchdown.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Tornado in California, January 20, 1997
- Heavy Rain in California, January 20, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Debris Flow in Puerto Rico, January 20 to 21, 1997
- Winter Storm in California, January 20 to 22, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, January 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20 to 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20 to 21, 1997
- Heavy Snow in California, January 20 to 21, 1997
- Waterspout in California, January 20, 1997
- Funnel Cloud in California, January 20, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, January 1997
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: 5587203.