Thunderstorm Wind, Orange
- When
- September 2, 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Orange County, Orlando
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 28.550, -81.370
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Orlando.
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 2, 1998
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $6.0 million
- 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.
The radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Brevard
- When
- September 2, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Port Canaveral
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 6 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $6.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 28.420, -80.530
An F1 tornado touched down at Port Canaveral damaging the roofs on eight condominiums, a mobile home, a fire station and four businesses. One automobile, a tractor trailer, and a boat on a trailer were overturned. Fourteen vehicles were damaged.
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Florida, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Hurricane in Florida, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 2 to 30, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Alabama, September 2 to 3, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in California, September 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 2, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 2, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 2, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Louisiana, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 2, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1998Warnings in Florida, September 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: 5672222, 5672223.