Funnel Cloud, La Plata
- When
- October 23, 12:30 PM MST to 12:35 PM MST
- Where
- La Plata County, 5 mi W of Breen
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.287, -107.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Colorado, October 23, 2000
A funnel cloud was observed by a motorist traveling north along Colorado Highway 140 in the Fort Lewis Mesa area.
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 GJT wrote it up.
A funnel cloud was observed by a motorist traveling north along Colorado Highway 140 in the Fort Lewis Mesa area.
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 200 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:29 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
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- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Texas, October 23 to 24, 2000
- Tornado in Texas, October 23, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Mexico, October 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, October 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, October 23 to 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, October 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Texas, October 23 to 24, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, October 23 to 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, October 23, 2000
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, October 23, 2000
More
Every storm in Colorado in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, October 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: 5157970.