Funnel Cloud, Maui
- When
- August 13, 2:40 PM HST to 2:45 PM HST
- Where
- Maui County, 5 mi NE of Lanai City
- Coordinates
- 20.868, -156.617 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, August 13, 1997
A funnel cloud was observed from the Lanai City Airport. The funnel cloud was initially stationary, then moved slowly toward the southeast before dissipating.
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 HFO wrote it up.
A funnel cloud was observed from the Lanai City Airport. The funnel cloud was initially stationary, then moved slowly toward the southeast before dissipating.
The radar
The Molokai radar (PHMO), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:49 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Utah, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New York, August 13, 1997
- Flood in Florida, August 13, 1997
- Tornado in New Jersey, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 13, 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: 5626210.