Florida, 1998Waterspouts in Florida, June 8, 1998
June 8, 1998 · NWS MFL · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
2 waterspout, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- June 8, 7:30 AM EST to 7:45 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Weather observer sighted waterspout 2nm north of Key West International Airport. Movement was toward the west at 7 MPH.
Funnel Cloud, Monroe
- When
- June 8, 11:23 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Key West
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Weather observer sighted funnel cloud 5nm northwest of Key West International Airport.
Waterspout, Broward
- When
- June 8, 4:44 PM EST to 4:50 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Ft Lauderdale
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Pilot reported waterspout 5nm east of Dania.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- 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 Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 8 to 30, 19981 injured · $35 million · F0 · 226 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 8, 19982 injured · $630,000 · F2 · 70 events
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 8 to 9, 1998$139,000 · F2 · 54 events
- Flooding in Iowa, June 8 to 13, 1998$540,000 · 9 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 8, 1998$380,000 · F0 · 9 events
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, June 8, 1998$70,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 8, 1998$30,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 8, 1998$20,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 8, 1998$20,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail in Kansas, June 8, 19981.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail in Colorado, June 8, 19981.75 in hail · 10 events
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Arkansas, June 8 to 9, 1998$2,000 · F0 · 7 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: 5655700, 5655701, 5655702.