Funnel Cloud, Anderson
- When
- April 16, 9:51 AM EST
- Where
- Anderson County, Oliver Spgs
- Coordinates
- 36.118, -84.198 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
Public reported a funnel cloud at Norwood near Oliver Springs.
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 MRX wrote it up.
Public reported a funnel cloud at Norwood near Oliver Springs.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Hail in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Ohio, April 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
- Tornadoes in Kentucky, April 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Tennessee in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Tennessee, April 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: 5642871.