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Tornado Warnings in Florida, 1998
215 tornado warnings in 1998. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 215
- Busiest month
- September78 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- September 25, 199823 tornado warnings
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The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 5:01 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco, Sumter | 29 min |
| Jan 23, 8:25 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte, DeSoto, Sarasota | 60 min |
| Jan 23, 8:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pinellas | 49 min |
| Jan 23, 8:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee | 45 min |
| Jan 23, 9:23 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto, Hardee | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 9:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 9:38 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 9:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Jan 23, 10:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Highlands | 47 min |
| Jan 23, 10:42 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 11:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 min |
| Feb 2, 3:32 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 118 min |
| Feb 2, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 119 min |
| Feb 2, 6:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 65 min |
| Feb 2, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 52 min |
| Feb 2, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 62 min |
| Feb 2, 7:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 32 min |
| Feb 2, 7:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| Feb 2, 8:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 36 min |
| Feb 2, 8:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| Feb 2, 8:37 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 48 min |
| Feb 2, 9:48 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 57 min |
| Feb 2, 10:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 62 min |
| Feb 2, 11:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 34 min |
| Feb 6, 9:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 49 min |
| Feb 15, 7:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 61 min |
| Feb 15, 7:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Lee | 37 min |
| Feb 15, 8:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 58 min |
| Feb 15, 9:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin, Okeechobee, Saint Lucie | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 9:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 11:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 32 min |
| Feb 16, 1:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 2:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 50 min |
| Feb 16, 2:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 61 min |
| Feb 16, 3:02 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 48 min |
| Feb 16, 3:10 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 60 min |
| Feb 16, 3:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Flagler | 71 min |
| Feb 16, 3:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 59 min |
| Feb 16, 4:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 43 min |
| Feb 16, 4:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 65 min |
| Feb 16, 7:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 43 min |
| Feb 17, 4:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 35 min |
| Feb 17, 4:51 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sarasota | 29 min |
| Feb 17, 4:59 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hardee, Polk | 46 min |
| Feb 17, 5:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 36 min |
| Feb 17, 5:50 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 45 min |
| Feb 17, 6:19 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 46 min |
| Feb 17, 6:55 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 50 min |
| Feb 19, 8:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough, Pasco | 48 min |
| Feb 19, 9:31 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Osceola | 49 min |
| Feb 20, 2:20 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 30 min |
| Feb 22, 6:46 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 34 min |
| Feb 22, 3:00 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange, Seminole | 65 min |
| Feb 22, 3:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 64 min |
| Feb 22, 3:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 31 min |
| Feb 22, 4:18 PM EST | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 42 min |
| 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, 9:45 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 65 min |
| Feb 22, 10:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 53 min |
| Feb 22, 11:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Volusia | 45 min |
| 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, 12:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 58 min |
| 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 |
| Feb 23, 3:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 56 min |
| Feb 23, 3:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 59 min |
| Mar 1, 12:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 3:15 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Hendry | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 4:21 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 49 min |
| Mar 1, 5:29 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 5:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee, Sarasota | 34 min |
| Mar 8, 11:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 44 min |
| Mar 9, 1:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 48 min |
| Mar 9, 1:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 33 min |
| Mar 9, 1:34 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Highlands | 36 min |
| Mar 9, 2:07 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 63 min |
| Mar 9, 3:40 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 50 min |
| Mar 9, 5:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 32 min |
| Mar 9, 5:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 21 min |
| Mar 9, 6:06 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 29 min |
| Mar 19, 12:27 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | TBW | Manatee | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 8:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 44 min |
| May 3, 10:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia | 65 min |
| May 3, 10:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 72 min |
| May 4, 1:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 35 min |
| May 4, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Madison | 33 min |
| May 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 48 min |
| May 4, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 50 min |
| May 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval, Nassau | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 9:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 45 min |
| Jun 21, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 2:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 64 min |
| Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 50 min |
| Jun 25, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 65 min |
| Jun 25, 5:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Union | 46 min |
| Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 60 min |
| Jul 2, 7:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 34 min |
| Jul 10, 11:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 34 min |
| Jul 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 50 min |
| Jul 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Nassau | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Leon | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 5:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 5:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward, Miami-Dade | 61 min |
| Aug 3, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 58 min |
| Aug 3, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Glades, Hendry | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 33 min |
| Aug 8, 5:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Saint Johns | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 10:38 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Hamilton | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 4:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pinellas | 33 min |
| Aug 20, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin | 32 min |
| Sep 2, 3:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 57 min |
| Sep 2, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hillsborough | 18 min |
| Sep 2, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 29 min |
| Sep 2, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando | 34 min |
| Sep 2, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 59 min |
| Sep 2, 4:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Hernando, Sumter | 49 min |
| Sep 2, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Sumter | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 5:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Lake | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Marion | 56 min |
| Sep 2, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Orange | 64 min |
| Sep 2, 6:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Marion, Putnam | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Seminole | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 6:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Gilchrist | 65 min |
| Sep 2, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard, Volusia | 60 min |
| Sep 2, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 50 min |
| Sep 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Franklin, Wakulla | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 8:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Putnam | 61 min |
| Sep 2, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay | 55 min |
| Sep 2, 10:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua, Bradford | 47 min |
| Sep 2, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Clay | 62 min |
| Sep 2, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Duval | 77 min |
| Sep 3, 12:33 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Sep 3, 5:47 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Citrus | 33 min |
| Sep 5, 1:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 43 min |
| Sep 24, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 9:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 46 min |
| Sep 24, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 44 min |
| Sep 25, 6:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 30 min |
| Sep 25, 6:43 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 62 min |
| Sep 25, 7:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Okeechobee | 62 min |
| Sep 25, 7:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Martin | 61 min |
| Sep 25, 8:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 46 min |
| Sep 25, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 10:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Saint Lucie | 67 min |
| Sep 25, 10:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 66 min |
| Sep 25, 10:40 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 35 min |
| Sep 25, 11:34 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Indian River | 56 min |
| Sep 25, 11:46 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 12:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 59 min |
| Sep 25, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 57 min |
| Sep 25, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Pasco | 43 min |
| Sep 25, 1:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 65 min |
| Sep 25, 1:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Polk | 49 min |
| Sep 25, 1:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Osceola | 58 min |
| Sep 25, 1:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 48 min |
| Sep 25, 2:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | DeSoto | 25 min |
| Sep 25, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TBW | Charlotte | 37 min |
| Sep 26, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 33 min |
| Sep 26, 6:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 48 min |
| Sep 27, 1:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Escambia, Santa Rosa | 49 min |
| Sep 28, 6:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 69 min |
| Sep 28, 8:37 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 48 min |
| Sep 28, 8:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 15 min |
| Sep 28, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Walton | 15 min |
| Sep 28, 10:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Okaloosa | 77 min |
| Sep 29, 4:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Santa Rosa | 37 min |
| Sep 29, 7:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes, Washington | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 9:07 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Bay | 48 min |
| Sep 29, 9:24 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Washington | 31 min |
| Sep 29, 9:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Holmes | 46 min |
| Sep 29, 10:49 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf | 35 min |
| Sep 30, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 12:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Hamilton | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 1:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Lafayette | 20 min |
| Sep 30, 1:53 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 77 min |
| Sep 30, 3:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 81 min |
| Sep 30, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 75 min |
| Sep 30, 5:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Suwannee | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 5:23 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Hamilton | 77 min |
| Sep 30, 6:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | TAE | Dixie | 21 min |
| Sep 30, 6:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Columbia, Gilchrist, Suwannee | 76 min |
| Sep 30, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Alachua | 66 min |
| Sep 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JAX | Bradford | 46 min |
| Oct 16, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MLB | Brevard | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 3:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Palm Beach | 59 min |
| Nov 4, 4:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 46 min |
| Nov 4, 5:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 46 min |
| Nov 4, 6:08 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 32 min |
| Nov 4, 6:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Monroe | 34 min |
| Nov 4, 6:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Miami-Dade | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 10:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Collier | 32 min |
| Nov 4, 11:43 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MFL | Broward | 32 min |
| Nov 16, 7:28 AM EST | Tornado Warning | TAE | Gulf, Liberty | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Polk County12
- Brevard County11
- Miami-Dade County10
- Pasco County9
- Monroe County9
- Osceola County9
- Orange County9
- Hillsborough County7
- Broward County7
- Volusia County7
- Alachua County7
- Duval County7
- Saint Lucie County6
- Seminole County6
- Manatee County6
- Walton County6
- Pinellas County5
- Okaloosa County5
- Hamilton County5
- Suwannee County5
- Sumter County4
- DeSoto County4
- Hardee County4
- Palm Beach County4
- Collier County4
- Citrus County4
- Lake County4
- Putnam County4
- Hernando County4
- Columbia County4
- Marion County4
- Sarasota County3
- Highlands County3
- Okeechobee County3
- Martin County3
- Santa Rosa County3
- Nassau County3
- Glades County3
- Gilchrist County3
- Franklin County3
21 more counties
- Gulf County3
- Charlotte County2
- Hendry County2
- Escambia County2
- Wakulla County2
- Clay County2
- Bradford County2
- Indian River County2
- Holmes County2
- Washington County2
- Lee County1
- Flagler County1
- Madison County1
- Union County1
- Leon County1
- Saint Johns County1
- Jefferson County1
- Bay County1
- Lafayette County1
- Dixie County1
- Liberty County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.