Funnel Cloud, Thomas
- When
- April 29, 4:14 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County, 2 mi E of Colby
- Coordinates
- 39.351, -101.055 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Kansas, April 29, 1997
Two funnel clouds reported by public.
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 GLD wrote it up.
Two funnel clouds reported by public.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 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 and Flood in Virginia, April 29, 1997
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 29, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, April 29, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, April 29, 1997
- Flood in Louisiana, April 29, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, April 29, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, April 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 29, 1997
- High Wind in Oklahoma, April 29 to 30, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 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: 5595752.