Funnel Cloud, Delaware
- When
- September 2, 6:10 PM EST to 6:32 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware County, Thornton
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.917, -75.399 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Pennsylvania, September 2, 1998
The same thunderstorm that produced funnel clouds in eastern Chester County continued to do so in Delaware County from Thornbury Township southeast to the Commodore Barry Bridge. The funnel cloud did not touch down until it reached Gloucester County, New Jersey.
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.
The same thunderstorm that produced funnel clouds in eastern Chester County continued to do so in Delaware County from Thornbury Township southeast to the Commodore Barry Bridge. The funnel cloud did not touch down until it reached Gloucester County, New Jersey.
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in California, September 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 2, 1998
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 2, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 2, 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: 5673359.