Funnel Cloud, Montezuma
- When
- September 16, 1:40 PM MST to 1:45 PM MST
- Where
- Montezuma County, 2 mi E of Cortez
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.338, -108.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Colorado, September 16, 1998
A long and narrow funnel cloud extended two-thirds of the way towards the ground.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 GJT wrote it up.
A long and narrow funnel cloud extended two-thirds of the way towards the ground.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 195 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 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 Damaging Wind in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16 to 17, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16 to 22, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Texas, September 16 to 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Texas, September 16, 1998
- Flash Flood in Florida, September 16 to 17, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, September 16, 1998
- Hail in California, September 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Colorado in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, September 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: 5667742.