Florida, 1998Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 28, 1998
July 28, 1998 · NWS MLB · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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, Volusia
- When
- July 28, 2:50 PM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, Port Orange
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.130, -80.980
An F0 tornado touched down in a mobile community near Port Orange damaging 33 mobile homes and producing severe damage to two. The tornado also blew down trees and power lines.
Thunderstorm Wind, Volusia
- When
- July 28, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, New Smyrna Beach
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.020, -80.930
Strong thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree in New Smyrna Beach.
- 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.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 28, 19986 injured · $259,000 · 6 events
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 28, 19981 injured · $75,000 · 1 event
- Heavy Rain in Utah, July 28, 1998$47,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 28, 1998$23,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 28, 19981.25 in hail · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 28, 199861 kt wind · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, July 28, 199850 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 28, 1998$10,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1998$10,000 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 1998$1,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 28, 199852 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 28, 1998$500 · 1 event
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: 5663581, 5663582.