Tornado in Florida, March 1, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:58 UTC.

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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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Flooding in Florida, March 1 to 31, 1998$26 million · 15 events
• Flooding in Georgia, March 1 to 31, 1998$3.5 million · 14 events
• Tornado in Florida, March 1, 1998$500,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, March 1 to 31, 1998$750,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, March 1 to 31, 1998$500,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, March 1 to 31, 1998$250,000 · 1 event
• Wildfire and Drought in Guam, March 1 to 31, 1998$120,000 · 5 events
• Flood in Florida, March 1 to 29, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, March 1 to 3, 1998$25,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, March 1 to 2, 1998$20,000 · 1 event
• Drought in Hawaii, March 1 to 31, 19984 events
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Idaho, March 1 to 2, 19984 events

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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: 5649176.