Funnel Cloud, Arecibo
- When
- November 15, 4:45 PM AST to 5:15 PM AST
- Where
- Arecibo County, Manati
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, November 15, 1998
Two funnel clouds were seen by the general public and a nws employee across Manati and Barceloneta.
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.
Two funnel clouds were seen by the general public and a nws employee across Manati and Barceloneta.
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
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5671374.