Funnel Cloud, Nantucket
- When
- September 9, 3:50 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Nantucket County, Nantucket
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -70.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Massachusetts, September 9, 1998
Funnel clouds were reported by pilots and also witnessed by one person on the ground. The funnels were approximately 9 miles south of Nantucket Island.
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 BOX wrote it up.
Funnel clouds were reported by pilots and also witnessed by one person on the ground. The funnels were approximately 9 miles south of Nantucket Island.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:49 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
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 9 to 11, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Texas, September 9 to 11, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 9, 1998
- Dust Storm in California, September 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Utah, September 9, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, September 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Nevada, September 9, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, September 9, 1998
- Cold in Alabama, September 9, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, September 9, 1998
More
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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: 5672789.