Funnel Cloud, Berks
- When
- June 2, 5:50 PM EST to 7:15 PM EST
- Where
- Berks County, Countywide
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.416, -75.926 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1998
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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 PHI wrote it up.
Three separate thunderstorms moved through Berks County the evening of June 2nd and produced numerous funnel clouds across the county from 650 p.m. until 815 p.m. EDT. None of them touched down. The first funnel cloud was sighted in Frystown in Bethel Township. The same thunderstorm produced numerous funnels from Bernville to Centerport around 7 p.m. EDT and then from Oley to Boyertown . An hour later, another funnel cloud was spotted over Bethel Township and Bernville again. Funnel clouds were also seen around Reading in Mount Penn and Laureldale. Other funnel cloud sightings occurred in Leesport, Lyons, Ruscombmanor, Upper Bern, Tilden and Womelsdorf.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in New York, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornado in Maryland, June 2, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Pennsylvania in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Pennsylvania, June 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: 5665522.