Funnel Cloud, Culebra
- When
- June 13, 12:25 PM AST to 12:40 PM AST
- Where
- Culebra County, Culebra
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
Funnel Cloud in Puerto Rico, June 13, 2003
Roosvelt Roads Naval Base tower reported a funnel cloud between northeast of Puerto Rico and Culebra island.
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.
Roosvelt Roads Naval Base tower reported a funnel cloud between northeast of Puerto Rico and Culebra island.
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 San Juan, PR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 11:00 PM AST, 13 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 11:00 PM AST, 13 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR
1100 PM AST THU JUN 12 2003
PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE LOOKS OK...AND ONLY A REFRESH TO THE ZFP
PRODUCT WAS DONE. A TROPICAL WAVE STILL FORECAST TO PASS DURING THE
WEEKEND WITH MOSTLOF THE MOISTURE TO THE SOUTH.
THE BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN SMALL CRAFT
ADVISORIES AND/OR PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE
ATLANTIC AND CARIBBEAN WATERS COASTAL WATERS.
.SJU...
.PR...SCA AMZ710-730-740.
.VI...SCA AMZ730.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SAN JUAN HAS GONE GRAPHICAL TAKE A
LOOK AT OUR NEW GRAPHICAL FORECAST AT:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/DATA/IFPS/SJU/GFE (ALL LOWER CASE)
ADDITIONAL IMAGES ARE ON THE WAY
WRITTEN TEXT FORECASTS (IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH)...SATELLITE IMAGERY
...DOPPLER RADAR DATA...AND A VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF WEATHER INFORMATION
CAN BE FOUND AT THE NWS SAN JUAN WEB SITE AT:
HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU (ALL LOWER CASE).Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 11:45 AM AST, 40 minutes before
PRZ001>013-VIZ001-002-AMZ710>750-132200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JUAN PR 1145 AM AST FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PUERTO RICO. .TODAY AND TONIGHT... A LINE OF SHOWERS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MAINLY INLAND PORTIONS OF THE SAN JUAN METRO AREA...EXTENDING FROM INLAND AREAS OF CAROLINA WEST-NORTHWEST TO INLAND TRUJILLO ALTO...SAN JUAN...GUAYNABO...BAYAMON...THEN REACHING THE COAST AT AROUND DORADO/VEGA BAJA. THE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE RAIN AND SOME AREAS OF BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN LOCALIZED AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...MORE SHOWERS...AND A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM...ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN PUERTO RICO AFTER 100 PM. THE SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONCENTRATE ACROSS WESTERN INTERIOR PORTIONS OF PUERTO RICO. THERE IS JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR LOCALIZED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IN THESE AREAS AS WELL THIS AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY. .SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...APPROACHING TROPICAL WAVE EXPECTED IN THE LOCAL AREA BY LATE SATURDAY. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS STARTING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. AS A RESULT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS. .TODAY AND TONIGHT...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NECESSARY. .SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...HOWEVER...STARTING SATURDAY EXPECT AN INCREASE IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS THESE ISLANDS WITH THE APPROACH OF A TROPICAL WAVE. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROPICAL WAVE. RAINFALL MAY BE HEAVY IN SOME AREAS. AS A RESULT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME URBAN FLOODING THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THEREAFTER. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE FOR PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS AT (ALL LOWERCASE LETTERS): HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/SJU.
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
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More
Every storm in Puerto Rico in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Puerto Rico, June 2003
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: 5365193.