Florida, 1998

Tornado in Florida, February 2, 1998

February 2, 1998 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$5,000
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 radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Pasco

When
February 2, 7:45 PM EST
Where
Pasco County, 6 mi WSW of Dade City
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
5 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
28.330, -82.270

A short-lived tornado touched down along State Road 52 near San Antonio and caused minor roof damage to a few homes before it lifted and dissipated. Several large tree limbs were also snapped by the brief tornado.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5638739.