High Wind, Alachua
- When
- September 3, 6:30 AM EST to 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winds associated with Hurricane Earl. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
High Wind in Florida, September 3, 1998
4 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Bradford
- When
- September 3, 6:30 AM EST to 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Bradford forecast zone
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.950, -82.169 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds associated with Hurricane Earl. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
High Wind, Clay
- When
- September 3, 6:30 AM EST to 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
Winds associated with Hurricane Earl. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
High Wind, Flagler
- When
- September 3, 6:30 AM EST to 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Flagler forecast zone
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.471, -81.293 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds associated with Hurricane Earl. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, September 3, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, September 3, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, September 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, September 3, 1998
- Tropical Storm in Georgia, September 3 to 4, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 3, 1998
- High Wind in Georgia, September 3, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, September 3, 1998
- Heavy Rain in North Carolina, September 3 to 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, September 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, September 3, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, September 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5664026, 5664027, 5664028, 5664029.