The February 22, 1998 tornado
F3Osceola and Orange counties, Florida
An F3 tornado on a 28.0-mile path that killed 25 and injured 150. It was one of 10 tornadoes recorded in the U.S. that day, 3 of them rated F3/EF3 or stronger.
Watch how it happenedF3 tornado · February 22, 1998
How it happened
Follow the tornado’s path, minute by minute.
The tornado
- Rating
- F3
- Fujita scale
- Path length
- 28.0 mi
- Width up to 250 yards
- Killed
- 25
- Along the whole path
- Injured
- 150
- Along the whole path
- Date and time
- Sunday, February 22, 1998
- 12:40 AM EST
The National Weather Service account
Written by the local Weather Service office after its damage survey.
The Lake County tornado moved into Orange County about 5 miles southwest of Winter Garden moving northeast at 45 mph. It rapidly intensified to a category F3 tornado with estimated winds near 200 mph. The tornado moved through Winter Garden between 11:47 pm and 11:55 pm destroying a mobile home community in Winter Garden. There were three fatalities and 70 injuries. Five hundred structures were either damaged or destroyed.
NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
Counties on its path
Other notable tornadoes that day
- F3, Seminole County13 killed
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Path drawn as a straight line from the recorded start to end point.