Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Escambia
- When
- September 25, 9:00 AM CST to September 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coastal Escambia forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Hurricane in Florida, September 25 to 29, 1998
See the narrative on Hurricane Georges under Alabama, Southwest, September 25-29, 1998. Preliminary estimates of agricultural damage in Northwest Florida were twenty to twenty-five million in losses to cotton, soybeans, peanuts and chickens due to the storm.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $135 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 MOB wrote it up.
See the narrative on Hurricane Georges under Alabama, Southwest, September 25-29, 1998. Preliminary estimates of agricultural damage in Northwest Florida were twenty to twenty-five million in losses to cotton, soybeans, peanuts and chickens due to the storm.
Event by event
6 hurricane (typhoon). Local standard time, as filed.
Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland Escambia
- When
- September 25, 9:00 AM CST to September 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Inland Escambia forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Santa Rosa
- When
- September 25, 9:00 AM CST to September 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coastal Santa Rosa forecast zone
- Property damage
- $70 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland Santa Rosa
- When
- September 25, 9:00 AM CST to September 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Inland Santa Rosa forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Hurricane (Typhoon), Coastal Okaloosa
- When
- September 25, 9:00 AM CST to September 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Coastal Okaloosa forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
Hurricane (Typhoon), Inland Okaloosa
- When
- September 25, 9:00 AM CST to September 29, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Inland Okaloosa forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
What these are
- Hurricane (Typhoon)
- A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 64 knots (74 mph) or more, filed per forecast zone for its wind, and with separate events for its flooding, surge and tornadoes.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Alabama, September 25 to 29, 1998
- Hurricane in Mississippi, September 25 to 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 25, 1998
- Hurricane in Florida, September 25 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, September 25, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 25, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, September 25 to 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, September 1998The 1998 hurricane season
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: 5673182, 5673183, 5673184, 5673185, 5673186, 5673187.