Funnel Cloud, Collier
- When
- July 25, 4:02 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, 2 mi W of Immokalee
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 26.099, -81.381 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The Florida Highway Patrol reported a funnel cloud.
Funnel Cloud in Florida, July 25, 2002
1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Miami, FL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 2:11 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:11 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI 230 PM EDT THU JUL 25 2002 SHORT TERM...TUTT LOW OVER THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE WEST AWAY FROM SOUTH FLORIDA TONIGHT. IN ITS PLACE AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP AND THIS WILL BRING MODERATE SUBSIDENCE...CONSEQUENTLY SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS AND LESS SHWR/TSTM ACTIVITY THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY. NEVERTHELESS ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY STILL WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND WHEN COMBINED WITH LOCAL EFFECT WILL STILL PRODUCE SCT SHWRS OR TSTMS...MAINLY INTERIOR AND WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. SO WILL STILL LEAVE SCT POPS IN THE FORECAST. MARINE...SFC WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 KNOTS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS THE ATLANTIC WATERS AND THEN WILL DIMINISH TO 10 KNOTS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT AND THEN NORTHEAST ON TUESDAY AS A TROPICAL WAVE APPROACHES OUR COASTAL WATERS. EXTENDED...AN TUTT LOW CENTERED AROUND 30N 60W AT 12Z TODAY WILL MOVE SOUTHWEST AND WILL BE OVER SOUTH FLORIDA MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. AT THE SAME TIME, A TROPICAL WAVE OVER THE ATLANTIC ABOUT 700 NM EAST OF THE LESSER ANTILLES WILL MOVE WEST AND APPROACH OUR COASTAL WATERS TUESDAY. BOTH SYSTEMS WILL COMBINED TO INCREASE THE CHANCE FOR SHWRS/TSTMS DURING THE LATER PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. IN THE FIRE WEATHER STILL NO BASIC PROBLEMS. .CRYSTAL FACE...AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND A DRIER AIR MASS IS FORECAST OVER THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE SCT SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER INTERIOR AND WEST COAST IN THE AFTERNOON. TOPS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 55K FEET WITH CIRRUS BLOW OFF TO THE NORTHWEST UNDER A 20 TO 25 KTS SOUTHEAST FLOW AT 250-200MB. PBI BB 079/089 078/091 078 1312 FLL BB 079/089 079/090 079 1312 MIA BB 079/089 079/091 079 1312 APF TT 075/090 075/090 075 1333 .MIA...NONE. GARCIA
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 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
- Lightning Strike in Utah, July 25, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, July 25, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, July 25 to 26, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 2002
- Hail in Nebraska, July 25, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Utah, July 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 25, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 25, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 25, 2002
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: 5304248.