Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Osceola County, Florida, February 22, 1998
RatingF3
Deaths25
Injuries150
Length28 mi
Width250 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (28.23, -81.48) to the end point (28.48, -80.90), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- February 22, 1998, 11:40 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Florida
- Counties
- Osceola County, Orange County
- Path
- 28 miles long, up to 250 yards wide
- Casualties
- 25 deaths, 150 injuries
Other tornadoes on February 22, 1998
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 1998 | F3 | Florida | 18 mi | 200 yd | 3 | 70 |
| Feb 22, 1998 | F3 | Florida | 16 mi | 200 yd | 13 | 36 |
| 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.