Funnel Cloud, San Diego
- When
- February 22, 4:22 PM PST to 4:23 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, Ocean Beach
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in California, February 22, 2004
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 San Diego, CA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 22, 2:30 PM PST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 2:30 PM PST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO 230 PM PST SUN FEB 22 2004 .SYNOPSIS...A BROAD TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...SO SHOWERS WILL BE WIDESPREAD INTO TONIGHT AND THEN BECOME LESS NUMEROUS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER STRONG STORM IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY...AND POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO FRIDAY WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND MOUNTAIN SNOWS. ALONG THE COAST HIGH SURF WILL BE POSSIBLE. && .DISCUSSION...FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE... SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. A JET STREAM IN EXCESS OF 200 MPH CONTINUES TO FUEL A HUGE TROUGH OVER THE WEST. THE CIRCULATION OF THE LOW OFF OUR COAST CONTINUES TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST...WITH HEAVY SHOWERS JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE AFTER ABOUT 5 PM AS THE LOW CONTINUES TO SLOWLY DRIFT EAST AND THE HEATING ENDS. THE BREAK IN THE WEATHER ON TUESDAY STILL LOOKS GOOD...BEFORE THE NEXT STORM MOVES IN...POSSIBLY INTO NORTHERN AREAS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE STORM STILL LOOKS VERY STRONG...AND IT WILL BE MONITORED TO SEE IF IT MAINTAINS THE CURRENTLY FORECASTED STRENGTH ON LATER RUNS. SINCE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH INFORMATION IS IN THE LAXFLSSGX PRODUCT...A CORRECTION HAS BEEN MADE IN THE WARNING SECTION BELOW. && .SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER STORM WARNING....................................LAXWSWSGX. FLASH FLOOD WATCH.......................................LAXFLSSGX. MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT................................LAXMWSSGX. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY....................................LAXCWFSGX. HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK (SPECIAL ISSUANCE)...................LAXESFSGX. HIGH SURF ADVISORY......................................LAXMWSSGX. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...............................LAXSPSSGX. && SMALL
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 6:00 AM PST, 10 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 600 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004 CAZ042-043-048-050-055>058-060>062-231400- ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SANTA ANA MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- APPLE AND YUCCA VALLEYS- COACHELLA VALLEY- SAN DIEGO COUNTY DESERTS- 600 AM PST SUN FEB 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA. .DAY ONE... TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR BURN AREAS THROUGH 3 AM MONDAY SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY VALLEYS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- REFER TO LAXFLSSGX WGUS66 KSGX FOR DETAILS. WINTER STORM WARNING THROUGH 4 AM MONDAY SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- RIVERSIDE COUNTY MOUNTAINS- SAN DIEGO COUNTY MOUNTAINS- REFER TO LAXWSWSGX WWUS46 KSGX FOR DETAILS. HIGH SURF AT THE COAST AND HAZARDOUS SEAS THROUGH MONDAY REFER TO LAXMWSSGX FZUS76 KSGX FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...STORM WITH WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION AND STRONG WIND POSSIBLE. HIGH SURF WILL OCCUR AT THE COAST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. MAXWELL
The radar
The San Diego radar (KNKX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:20 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
- High Surf in California, February 22, 2004
- Debris Flow in California, February 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 22, 2004
- Blizzard and Cold in Alaska, February 22 to 23, 2004
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, February 22 to 23, 2004
- Flood in California, February 22, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 22 to 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Arizona, February 22 to 23, 2004
More
Every storm in California in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in California, February 2004
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: 5394667.