Funnel Cloud, Mayaguez and Vicinity
- When
- October 23, 3:15 PM AST to 3:25 PM AST
- Where
- Mayaguez and Vicinity County, Mayaguez
- Reported by
- METEOROLOGIST(NON NWS)
Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, October 23, 2000
A Private Meteorologist reported a funnel cloud near Mayaguez.
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 Private Meteorologist reported a funnel cloud near Mayaguez.
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.
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More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5157875.