Tornado in Georgia, February 17, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$500,000

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.

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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.

• Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 19984 deaths · $25,000 · 13 events
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 17, 19982 injured · $1.0 million · F1 · 11 events
• Flooding in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 1998$1.1 million · 5 events
• Damaging Wind in Florida, February 17, 1998$900,000 · 1 event
• Storm Surge in Ohio, February 17 to 18, 1998$700,000 · 3 events
• Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998$200,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998$175,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998$500,000 · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998$107,000 · F1 · 2 events
• Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998$200,000 · 1 event
• Flooding in Florida, February 17, 1998$100,000 · 5 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: 5635033.