F3 Tornado — Osceola, Florida

1998-02-23 · near Intercession City, Osceola, Florida

Event narrative

The deadliest tornado of the outbreak was a category F3 that touched down initially one mile south of Intercession City. The tornado moved northeast at 45 mph and ripped through the town of Kissimmee killing 25 people. The hardest hit areas were the Morningside Acres mobile home community and the Ponderosa Recreational Vehicle Park. In all eight people were killed in recreational vehicles, fifteen in mobile homes and one in an automobile. The tornado continued northeast and moved into Orange County six miles north of St. Cloud. One hundred and fifty people were injured and over 1000 structures were damaged or destroyed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5641811. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.