Puerto Rico, 1998

Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, May 19, 1998

May 19, 1998 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Roosevelt Roads Naval Base personnel sighted a funnel cloud just east of Ceiba.

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 SJU wrote it up.

Roosevelt Roads Naval Base personnel sighted a funnel cloud just east of Ceiba.

Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Humacao

When
May 19, 5:20 PM AST to 5:35 PM AST
Where
Humacao County, Ceiba
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

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

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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: 5657963.