Funnel Cloud, Rusk
- When
- January 11, 6:49 PM CST
- Where
- Rusk County, Overton
- Coordinates
- 32.108, -94.762 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud reported briefly by spotter over north Overton.
Funnel Cloud in Texas, January 11, 1998
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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.
The radar
The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, January 11 to 14, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Flood in Utah, January 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, January 11, 1998
- Flood in Florida, January 11 to 31, 1998
- Ice Storm in Missouri, January 11 to 12, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, January 11, 1998
- Winter Storm in Wisconsin, January 11 to 12, 1998
More
Every storm in Texas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 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: 5627228.