Florida, 1998Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 3, 1998
August 3, 1998 · NWS MFL · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Event by event
3 tornado, 2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 3, 4:25 PM EST to 4:41 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, (Mia)miami Intl
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 25.609, -80.499 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Pilot reported two stationary funnel clouds 4nm west of KMIA and 14nm northwest of KMIA.
Tornado, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 3, 4:41 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, West Miami
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 25.770, -80.270
Small tornado touched down over undeveloped area near Krome Ave between SW 8th St and Kendall Dr.
Tornado, Miami-Dade
- When
- August 3, 4:42 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Miami-Dade County, West Miami
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 25.770, -80.270
Second tornado touched down over undeveloped area near Okeechobee Rd and US 27.
Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- August 3, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Davie
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.070, -80.230
Funnel Cloud, Broward
- When
- August 3, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Coral Spgs
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Hendry
- When
- August 3, 7:10 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Hendry County, Clewiston
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 26.750, -80.930
F0 tornado was observed 10nm west of Clewiston very near Glades County line.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Heat in Texas, August 3 to 13, 19985 deaths · 1 event
- Heat in Texas, August 3, 19983 deaths · 3 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, August 3 to 27, 19982 deaths · $430,000 · F0 · 30 events
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 3, 19981 death · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 3, 19981 death · 1 event
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, August 3 to 28, 1998$3.6 million · 1.75 in hail · 23 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 3 to 30, 1998$120,000 · 52 kt wind · 16 events
- Tornado in Texas, August 3, 1998$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998$59,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 1998$80,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998$70,000 · 64 kt wind · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998$51,000 · 3 events
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: 5664628, 5664716, 5664717, 5664718, 5664719, 5664720.