Tornado, Hernando
- When
- September 2, 3:40 PM EST to 3:41 PM EST
- Where
- Hernando County, Nobleton to 1 mi of Nobleton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 28.630, -82.280
Tornadoes in Florida, September 2, 1998
A tornado, associated with an outer band of Hurricane Earl, sporadically touched down and toppled a few trees and limbs in Nobleton before crossing the county line into Sumter county. The tornado continued northeast and sporadically touched down across rural semi-wooded swampland of Sumter county were it caused minor branch and tree top damage before it lifted and dissipated at Lake Miona near…
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
A tornado, associated with an outer band of Hurricane Earl, sporadically touched down and toppled a few trees and limbs in Nobleton before crossing the county line into Sumter county. The tornado continued northeast and sporadically touched down across rural semi-wooded swampland of Sumter county were it caused minor branch and tree top damage before it lifted and dissipated at Lake Miona near County Road 472.
The radar
The Tampa radar (KTBW), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:40 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sumter
- When
- September 2, 3:41 PM EST to 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Sumter County, Bushnell to 9 mi NE of Wildwood
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 28.620, -82.250
What these are
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 2, 1998
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 2, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 2, 1998
More
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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: 5668367, 5668368.