Tornado in Florida, February 19, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$50,000

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), 18 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 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.

• Lightning Strike in Louisiana, February 19, 19981 death · 1 event
• Ice Storm in Maine, February 19, 1998$300,000 · 3 events
• Flooding in Florida, February 19 to 20, 1998$140,000 · 5 events
• Hail in Louisiana, February 19, 1998$120,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, February 19, 1998$117,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, February 19, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
• Hail in Louisiana, February 19, 19982 injured · $20,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, February 19, 1998$20,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 19, 1998$5,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
• Heavy Snow in California, February 19 to 20, 19983 events
• High Wind in Alaska, February 19, 19982 events
• Cold in Alaska, February 19 to 21, 19982 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: 5640073.