Funnel Cloud, Orange
- When
- July 24, 7:35 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Woodbury
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.402, -74.306 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in New York, July 24, 2000
NWS trained spotters sighted a funnel cloud along NY Interstate 87 near the Rte. 18 intersection in Woodbury.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- 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 OKX wrote it up.
NWS trained spotters sighted a funnel cloud along NY Interstate 87 near the Rte. 18 intersection in Woodbury. The funnel cloud moved northwest and remained a few hundred feet above the ground. No damage was reported along its' path.
The radar
The Albany radar (KENX), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:32 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 24 to 25, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 24, 2000
- Flash Flood in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 24, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 24, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2000
More
Every storm in New York in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in New York, July 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: 5154968.