Funnel Cloud, Los Angeles
- When
- March 4, 11:45 AM PST
- Where
- Los Angeles County, 2 mi W of Rancho Palos Verdes
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.198, -118.261 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in California, March 4, 2000
A weather spotter reported a funnel cloud near Point Vicente.
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 LOX wrote it up.
A weather spotter reported a funnel cloud near Point Vicente.
The radar
The Santa Ana Mts radar (KSOX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:45 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
- Flash Flood and Winter Storm in California, March 4 to 6, 2000
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, March 4, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 5, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, March 4 to 5, 2000
- Excessive Heat in Wisconsin, March 4 to 8, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, March 4 to 6, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 4 to 6, 2000
- Hail in South Carolina, March 4, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 4 to 5, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, March 2000
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: 5135298.