What the record says
On 22 February 1998, a tornado touched down near Orlando, Florida. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 28 miles long and up to 250 yards wide, rated F3 on the Fujita (F) scale. It killed 25 people and injured 150.
- F3Fujita rating
- 25deaths
- 150injuries
- 28 mipath length
- 250 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it killed three or more people and it was rated 3 and killed at least one person.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 28.23, -81.48 and the end point at 28.48, -80.90 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Florida
- Pace, Florida tornado31 March 1962, F3, 17 deaths, 100 injuries, 6.9 miles long
- DeLand, Florida tornado2 February 2007, EF3, 13 deaths, 51 injuries, 26 miles long
- Sanford, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 13 deaths, 36 injuries, 16 miles long
- Clearwater, Florida tornado4 April 1966, F4, 11 deaths, 530 injuries, 135.8 miles long
- The Villages, Florida tornado2 February 2007, EF3, 8 deaths, 10 injuries, 10.5 miles long
- Fort Pierce, Florida tornado9 October 2024, EF3, 6 deaths, 21.2 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1998
- Birmingham, Alabama tornado8 April 1998, F5, 32 deaths, 259 injuries, 30.3 miles long
- Sanford, Florida tornado22 February 1998, F3, 13 deaths, 36 injuries, 16 miles long
- Gainesville, Georgia tornado20 March 1998, F3, 12 deaths, 171 injuries, 4 miles long
- Farmer, South Dakota tornado30 May 1998, F4, 6 deaths, 150 injuries, 14 miles long
- Hinesville, Georgia tornado9 April 1998, F2, 4 deaths, 31 injuries, 24.5 miles long
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