Funnel Cloud, Upton
- When
- March 22, 2:52 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 8 mi NW of Rankin
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.369, -102.043 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado in Texas, March 22, 2000
A supercell thunderstorm moving across Upton county produced both a funnel and a weak tornado.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 MAF wrote it up.
A supercell thunderstorm moving across Upton county produced both a funnel and a weak tornado.
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:03 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Upton
- When
- March 22, 3:04 PM CST to 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Upton County, 13 mi N of Rankin
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 140 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.400, -101.900
This tornado was visible from Rankin as a condensation funnel to the ground. It traveled across open ranchland, breaking through one fence.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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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: 5140114, 5140179.