Funnel Cloud, Collier
- When
- August 1, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, 3 mi SE of Naples
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 1, 2000
A Sheriff's Deputy reported a funnel cloud over the Eagle Lake and Rattlesnake Hammock 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 MFL wrote it up.
A Sheriff's Deputy reported a funnel cloud over the Eagle Lake and Rattlesnake Hammock area.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 1 to 10, 2000
- Drought in Oklahoma, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Louisiana, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Kansas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Wildfire in Montana, August 1 to 28, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 1, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 1, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, August 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, August 1 to 31, 2000
More
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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: 5163655.