Alert archive / Florida / Tornado Watches in 1998
Tornado Watch 58
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Feb 22, 1998, 9:00 PM EST for 24 counties in Florida. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 1998, 9:00 PM EST (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 23, 1998, 3:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties
Brevard County, FL, Citrus County, FL, DeSoto County, FL, Flagler County, FL, Hardee County, FL, Hernando County, FL, Highlands County, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Indian River County, FL, Lake County, FL, Levy County, FL, Manatee County, FL, Marion County, FL, Okeechobee County, FL, Orange County, FL, Osceola County, FL, Pasco County, FL, Pinellas County, FL, Polk County, FL, Saint Lucie County, FL, Sarasota County, FL, Seminole County, FL, Sumter County, FL, Volusia County, FL
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
20 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 9:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 48 min |
| Feb 22, 9:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 43 min |
| Feb 22, 9:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Marion | 37 min |
| Feb 22, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 65 min |
| Feb 22, 10:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 10:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAX | Flagler | 28 min |
| Feb 22, 11:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 11:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JAX | Clay, Duval, Flagler, Putnam, Saint Johns | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 63 min |
| Feb 22, 11:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 63 min |
| Feb 22, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 59 min |
| Feb 23, 12:00 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 45 min |
| Feb 23, 12:14 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 61 min |
| Feb 23, 12:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Volusia | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 58 min |
| Feb 23, 12:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 3 hr |
| Feb 23, 12:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| Feb 23, 1:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 61 min |
| Feb 23, 1:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 62 min |
| Feb 23, 2:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 48 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.