Funnel Cloud — San Joaquin, California

2019-05-19 · near Holt, San Joaquin, California

Event narrative

A second funnel cloud was reported with a storm north of Tracy around 5:50 pm PDT on May 19th. No touchdown or damage was observed.

Wider weather episode

An unusually cold storm for the season brought significant travel problems to the mountains. Strong thunderstorms with large amounts of small hail and heavy rain caused for slippery roads and local flooding in the northern San Joaquin Valley. These thunderstorms also produced multiple funnel clouds. Accumulating small hail was also observed on Interstate 5 south of Anderson, CA.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 828558. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.