F3 Tornado — Seminole, Florida
1998-02-23 · near Longwood, Seminole, Florida
12
Direct deaths
36
Injuries
$30.0M
Property damage
14.0 mi
Path length
200 yds
Path width
Event narrative
The Seminole County category F3 tornado was produced by the same supercell that produced the Winter Garden tornado. It initially set down near Longwood and moved northeast at 45 mph. The tornado passed through several neighborhhoods in the southeast portion of Sanford killing 12 people in mobile homes and injuring 70. It continued northeast and crossed into Volusia County 5 miles east of Sanford. The near 200 mph winds of the tornado damaged or destroy 625 structures.
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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5643842. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.