Texas, 1999

Funnel Cloud in Texas, September 9, 1999

September 9, 1999 · NWS MAF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, Ector

When
September 9, 4:40 PM CST to 4:41 PM CST
Where
Ector County, 10 mi NW of Odessa
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.869, -102.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tropical air mass, colliding boundaries, and a fresh updraft combined to produce a brief funnel cloud that was seen by many people from the northern parts of Odessa. The funnel was very thin and the cloud base quite high. The funnel never extended far from cloud base.

What these are

Funnel Cloud
A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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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: 5716943.