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F1 tornado in Brevard County, Florida

Tornado February 23, 1998 · Brevard County, Florida

Rating

1.0 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$1.0M

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 F1 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F1 meant moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken; the scale paired it with winds of 73–112 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

The final tornado of the outbreak was a waterspout/tornado that moved onshore at Port Canaveral from the Banana River Lagoon. The F1 tornado damaged 30 structures and lifted before reaching the Atlantic Ocean.

Began near Port Canaveral (28.4200, -80.5300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F3 Kissimmee Tornado (1998) 25 dead F3 Seminole County 13 dead F3 Orange County 3 dead F2 Volusia County 1 dead F2 Volusia County F1 Brevard County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5641814. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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