Funnel Cloud, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 14, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, 3 mi N of Bal Harbour
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 14, 2000
A funnel cloud was seen near Aventura Mall.
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A funnel cloud was seen near Aventura Mall.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Drought in Iowa, August 14 to 31, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2000
- Rip Current in California, August 14, 2000
- Tornado and Flooding in Wisconsin, August 14 to 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2000
- Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 14, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 14 to 15, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, August 14, 2000
- Hail in North Dakota, August 14, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 14, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 14 to 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 14, 2000
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, August 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: 5162523.