Florida, 1999Tornado in Florida, February 18, 1999
February 18, 1999 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Tornado, Palm Beach
- When
- February 18, 10:05 AM EST to 10:10 AM EST
- Where
- Palm Beach County, Boca Raton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 26.350, -80.080
Two brief tornadoes touched down in association with a band of thunderstorms moving from west to east across northern Broward and southern Palm Beach counties. One tornado was first sighted near Glades Road and U.S. 441 and travelled about two miles toward the east northeast before lifting. The other tornado was sighted near Boca Raton Municipal Airport travelling about one mile to the east. No damage was reported with either tornado.
- 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.
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 1999$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Nevada, February 18, 19991 injured · $30,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in California, February 18, 1999$15,000 · 67 kt wind · 4 events
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 18, 199910 events
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 18 to 19, 19995 events
- High Wind in Washington, February 18, 19992 events
- Heavy Snow in California, February 18, 19992 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18, 19992 events
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 18, 19992 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, February 18 to 19, 19992 events
- High Wind in Alaska, February 18, 199950 kt wind · 1 event
- High Wind in Oregon, February 18, 19991 event
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: 5681187.