Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Lake County, Florida, February 22, 1998
RatingF3
Deaths3
Injuries70
Length18 mi
Width200 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (28.48, -81.72) to the end point (28.63, -81.45), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 22, 1998, 10:37 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Florida
- Counties
- Lake County, Orange County
- Path
- 18 miles long, up to 200 yards wide
- Casualties
- 3 deaths, 70 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 22, 1998
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1998 | F3 | Florida | 16 mi | 200 yd | 13 | 36 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F3 | Florida | 28 mi | 250 yd | 25 | 150 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F2 | Florida | 8 mi | 150 yd | 1 | 3 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F2 | Florida | 5 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F1 | Florida | 1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F0 | Alabama | 0.3 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F0 | Florida | 0.2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F0 | Georgia | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F0 | Florida | 0.1 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.