Arizona, 1998Funnel Cloud in Arizona, August 21, 1998
August 21, 1998 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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Funnel Cloud, Apache
- When
- August 21, 11:19 AM MST
- Where
- Apache County, 8 mi W of Sawmill
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 35.396, -109.489 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Chinle Police Department officer observed a funnel cloud between Fluted Rock and Sawmill.
- 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.
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 21, 1998$80,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Tropical Storm in Texas, August 21 to 22, 1998$60,000 · 1 event
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, August 21 to 22, 1998$40,000 · 1 event
- Tropical Storm in Texas, August 21 to 22, 1998$25,000 · 6 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1998$25,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 1998$15,000 · 1 event
- Hail in Montana, August 21, 19981.75 in hail · 4 events
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 21, 19981 event
- Tropical Storm in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 21, 19981 event
- Flood in Nebraska, August 21, 19981 event
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 21, 19981 event
- Flood in Louisiana, August 21, 19981 event
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