Hail, Franklin
- When
- February 16, 7:05 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, St Teresa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 29.930, -84.450
Nickel size hail damaged deputy squadcar windshield near Alligator Point.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 radar
The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- February 16, 8:00 PM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor County, Perry
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -83.580
Numerous reports of marble to dime size hail from Perry, Salem and Athena.
Hail, Taylor
- When
- February 16, 8:30 PM EST to 9:45 PM EST
- Where
- Taylor County, Perry
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.120, -83.580
Numerous reports of quarter size hail received.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- February 16, 10:45 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Mayo
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 30.050, -83.170
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and a transformer was struck by lightning. Power outages reported countywide.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in Virginia, February 16 to 17, 1998
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- Tornado in Florida, February 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 16, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 16, 1998
More
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Sources
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: 5631414, 5631415, 5631416, 5631417.