1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:15 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout moved onshore on Okaloosa Island and damaged a home under construction. The waterspout/tornado quickly dissipated as it moved onshore. The tornado track on the island was less than a block long. A male working on the house was injured and was briefly hospitalised.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1998Warnings in Florida, January 1998
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: 5628378.