Florida, 1998Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, February 6, 1998
February 6, 1998 · NWS MFL · 3 events in 1 county or zone
2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Tornado, Collier
- When
- February 6, 7:56 PM EST to 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, Goodland
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 25.920, -81.650
F1 tornado touched down near 321 Pear Tree AVE. Several trees were downed and a wooden storage shed was destroyed. Two mobile homes and a RV were extensively damaged.
Tornado, Collier
- When
- February 6, 7:59 PM EST to 8:07 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, Marco
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 25.970, -81.730
F0 touched down near 1165 Bald Eagle DR. Roof was torn off screen enclosure. Large festival tents were blown down and damaged. Several trees were downed.
Hail, Collier
- When
- February 6, 8:00 PM EST to 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Collier County, Goodland
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 25.920, -81.650
Hail reported in wake of tornado.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Flash Flood in California, February 6 to 9, 1998$5.6 million · F0 · 12 events
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 6, 1998$1.7 million · 4 events
- High Wind in California, February 6, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Nevada, February 6, 1998$50,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, February 6, 1998F1 · 1 event
- Flooding in Nevada, February 6, 1998$15,000 · 2 events
- High Wind and Heavy Rain in California, February 6, 199852 kt wind · 6 events
- High Wind in California, February 6, 19985 events
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, February 6, 1998$12,000 · 1 event
- Winter Weather in Virginia, February 6, 19983 events
- High Wind in California, February 6, 199856 kt wind · 3 events
- Winter Weather in North Carolina, February 6, 19982 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: 5633986, 5633987, 5633988.