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F0 tornado in Osceola County, Florida

Tornado March 9, 1998 · Osceola County, Florida

Rating

0.2 mi

Path length

50 yd

Path width

$70K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A category F2 tornado touched down briefly in the western part of Kissimmee producing minor damage to about 40 mobile homes. Most of the damage was to carports and awnings.

Began near Kissimmee (28.3000, -81.4000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

F1 Okeechobee County F1 St. Lucie County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5640125. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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