Tornado in Florida, February 15, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$20,000

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.

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 142 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:34 UTC.

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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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Storm Surge in Mississippi, February 15, 1998$1.0 million · 3 events
• Flood in Florida, February 15 to 21, 1998$275,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, February 15, 1998$250,000 · 1 event
• Strong Wind in Georgia, February 15 to 16, 1998$70,000 · 2 events
• Flooding in Alabama, February 15, 1998$55,000 · 2 events
• Flood in Florida, February 15, 1998$30,000 · 1 event
• Winter Weather in Wyoming, February 15 to 16, 1998$21,000 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, February 15, 1998$15,000 · 1 event
• Winter Storm in Colorado, February 15 to 16, 19989 events
• Storm Surge in Louisiana, February 15, 19985 events
• Flooding in Illinois, February 15 to 26, 19984 events
• Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 15 to 16, 19984 events

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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: 5639770.