Funnel Cloud, Honolulu
- When
- September 29, 2:30 PM HST to 2:45 PM HST
- Where
- Honolulu County, Mililani Town
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 21.455, -157.961 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Hawaii, September 29, 2000
A funnel cloud was spotted by a member of the general public overhead of Mililani on Oahu. The funnel cloud apparently never became a tornado, and no injuries or property damage were reported.
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 HFO wrote it up.
A funnel cloud was spotted by a member of the general public overhead of Mililani on Oahu. The funnel cloud apparently never became a tornado, and no injuries or property damage were reported.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Colorado, September 29, 2000
- Hail in Utah, September 29, 2000
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- Funnel Cloud in Florida, September 29, 2000
- Hail in Utah, September 29, 2000
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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: 5162237.