Funnel Cloud, Broward
- When
- August 7, 12:42 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Davie
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud was sighted near Griffin Rd along US-27.
Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 7, 1998
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:40 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 Flood and Flood in Georgia, August 7 to 14, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, August 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nevada, August 7, 1998
- Hail in Arizona, August 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 7, 1998
- Flood in Kentucky, August 7, 1998
- Flood in Illinois, August 7, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 7, 1998
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 7, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, August 7, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 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: 5664732.