Funnel Cloud, Glades
- When
- July 17, 6:15 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Glades County, Moore Haven
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.957, -81.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud observed south of Moore Haven.
Funnel Clouds in Florida, July 17, 1998
3 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 Melbourne radar (KMLB), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
Event by event
3 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Hendry
- When
- July 17, 6:15 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hendry County, La Belle
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.554, -81.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, Collier
- When
- July 17, 6:15 PM EST to 6:25 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, Immokalee
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud observed south of Immokalee.
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
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 17, 1998
- Wildfire in Montana, July 17 to 23, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 17, 1998
- Wildfire in Montana, July 17 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 17, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Vermont, July 17, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, July 17, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 17, 1998
- Flood in Guam, July 17 to 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 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: 5655100, 5655101, 5655102.