Funnel Cloud, Palm Beach
- When
- July 12, 2:21 PM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Boca Raton
- Coordinates
- 26.648, -80.436 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
palm beach county e.m. reported funnel clouds over glades rd/power line rd.
Funnel Cloud in Florida, July 12, 1997
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:22 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 12 to 18, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, July 12 to 19, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 12, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 12, 1997
- Heat in Missouri, July 12 to 13, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Dakota, July 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 12, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 12, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 12, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, July 12 to 19, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5602974.