Funnel Cloud, Stewart
- When
- September 29, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Stewart County, Lumpkin
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 32.079, -84.835 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A funnel cloud was reported near Lumpkin.
Funnel Cloud in Georgia, September 29, 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 Ft Rucker radar (KEOX), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:28 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 29, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, September 29, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, September 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, September 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 29 to 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, September 29, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, September 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, September 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Georgia in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Georgia, 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: 5667412.