Funnel Cloud, San Joaquin
- When
- November 13, 2:00 PM PST to 2:15 PM PST
- Where
- San Joaquin County, Stockton Metro Arpt
- Coordinates
- 37.935, -121.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in California, November 13, 1997
The Stockton Metropolitan Airport tower observed this funnel cloud.
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 STO wrote it up.
The Stockton Metropolitan Airport tower observed this funnel cloud.
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 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 Flooding in Florida, November 13, 1997
- Flooding in Florida, November 13, 1997
- Flooding in Florida, November 13, 1997
- Flooding in Florida, November 13, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, November 13, 1997
- Ice Storm in Pennsylvania, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Storm in Indiana, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in New York, November 13 to 14, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, November 13, 1997
More
Every storm in California in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in California, November 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: 5624148.