Puerto Rico, 2000

Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, November 1, 2000

November 1, 2000 · NWS SJU · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A Weather Service Employee observed a funnel cloud over the San Jose lagoon in San Juan. It only lasted for about five minutes.

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 SJU wrote it up.

A Weather Service Employee observed a funnel cloud over the San Jose lagoon in San Juan. It only lasted for about five minutes.

Event by event

1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Funnel Cloud, San Juan and Vicinity

When
November 1, 11:00 AM AST to 11:05 AM AST
Where
San Juan and Vicinity County, San Juan
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)

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

More

Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, November 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: 5162186.