Funnel Cloud, Henderson
- When
- June 5, 5:15 PM EST to 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Henderson County, 2 mi NE of Mills River
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 35.336, -82.480 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in North Carolina, June 5, 2000
A weak funnel cloud was observed and photographed by the public. There was no severe weather in the 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 GSP wrote it up.
A weak funnel cloud was observed and photographed by the public. There was no severe weather in the area.
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
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 5, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 5 to 6, 2000
- Hail in Colorado, June 5, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 5, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5, 2000
- High Wind in Alaska, June 5 to 8, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 5, 2000
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, June 5, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, June 5, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 5, 2000
- Tornado in Colorado, June 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, June 5, 2000
More
Every storm in North Carolina in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 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: 5152247.