Funnel Cloud in Arizona, February 24, 1998

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 Phoenix radar (KIWA), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.

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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.

• Dense Fog in California, February 24, 19981 death · 1 event
• Strong Wind in Maryland, February 24, 19981 injured · $70,000 · 14 events
• High Wind in New Mexico, February 24, 1998$150,000 · 69 kt wind · 6 events
• Winter Storm in Vermont, February 24 to 25, 1998$130,000 · 7 events
• Winter Storm in New York, February 24 to 25, 1998$50,000 · 7 events
• Winter Storm in Vermont, February 24 to 25, 1998$60,000 · 2 events
• Flood in California, February 24, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Maryland, February 24, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in New York, February 24, 1998$45,000 · 3 events
• High Wind in North Carolina, February 24, 1998$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 16 events
• High Wind in Arizona, February 24, 1998$28,000 · 77 kt wind · 2 events
• Strong Wind in Virginia, February 24, 1998$10,000 · 23 events

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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: 5639506.