Funnel Cloud, San Joaquin
- When
- April 14, 5:00 PM PST to 5:10 PM PST
- Where
- San Joaquin County, Escalon
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 37.935, -121.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in California, April 14, 1998
Reports by spotter for the media indicated two funnel clouds coming from a thunderstorm.
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 STO wrote it up.
Reports by spotter for the media indicated two funnel clouds coming from a thunderstorm.
The radar
The Sacramento radar (KDAX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 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
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 14, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, April 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 14, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 14, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 14, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 14, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, April 14 to 15, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, April 1998
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: 5662313.