Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- July 7, 12:55 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Hollywood
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 26.020, -80.150
Wind gust recorded at uncommissioned HWO ASOS at North Perry Field.
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 1998
2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Miami radar (KAMX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:53 UTC.
Event by event
2 funnel cloud, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Broward
- When
- July 7, 1:20 PM EST to 1:30 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Hollywood
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.020, -80.150
Three quarter inch hail reported along Hollywood Blvd near I95.
Funnel Cloud, Broward
- When
- July 7, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Coral Spgs
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud sighted east of University Dr on Sample Rd.
Funnel Cloud, Broward
- When
- July 7, 3:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Pembroke Pines
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout, Broward
- When
- July 7, 3:01 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Pompano Beach
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout just offshore Pompano Beach near Atlantic Blvd.
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, July 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Michigan, July 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New York, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, July 1998
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: 5655228, 5655224, 5655225, 5655226, 5655227.