Funnel Cloud, Hendry
- When
- June 29, 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Hendry County, 1 mi E of Clewiston
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.554, -81.166 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Florida, June 29, 2000
V. cameraman sighted a funnel cloud near Hooker's Point.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
A T.V. cameraman sighted a funnel cloud near Hooker's Point.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 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
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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: 5149508.