Florida, 1998Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, June 18, 1998
June 18, 1998 · NWS MFL · 3 events in 1 county or zone
1 waterspout, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- 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.
Event by event
1 waterspout, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- June 18, 2:10 PM EST to 2:35 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several waterspouts reported from 5 - 10 miles north of Key West. Reports came from several sources.
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- June 18, 2:10 PM EST to 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 24.550, -81.770
Funnel cloud moved onshore and lowered resulting in a F0 tornado. The tornado moved along 10th ST between North Roosevelt Ave and Flagler Ave. Tree were toppled...roofs and awnings were damaged...powerlines were downed and a shack was tipped over.
Funnel Cloud, Monroe
- When
- June 18, 6:30 PM EST to 6:35 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel cloud observed 4 miles north of Key West.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- 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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 199815 injured · $2.0 million · F1 · 29 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 18, 1998$3.7 million · F1 · 78 events
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 19985 injured · $1.4 million · 56 kt wind · 36 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1998$116,000 · F2 · 16 events
- Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 20, 1998$9.1 million · 16 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 19982 injured · $488,000 · F1 · 34 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1998$1.0 million · F1 · 13 events
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 19981 injured · $1.2 million · 100 kt wind · 12 events
- Flash Flood in Maine, June 18, 1998$1.5 million · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 18, 1998$750,000 · F0 · 13 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 1998$36,000 · F0 · 72 events
- Flood in Nebraska, June 18, 1998$500,000 · 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: 5655046, 5655047, 5655048.