1998
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South of the Florida Keys
Date: February 2
Rating: N/A (Cell with intense mesocyclone stayed over water south of the Keys; NWS Miami mentioned it may have potentially F3+)
Daytona Beach, Florida
Date: February 22
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 8 miles/150 yards
Winter Garden, Florida
Date: February 22
Rating: F3 (200 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 18 miles/200 yards
Sanford, Florida
Date: February 23
Rating: F3 (200 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 16 miles/200 yards
Kissimmee, Florida
Date: February 23
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 38 miles/250 yards
Oak Hill, Florida
Date: February 23
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/150 yards
Stoneville, North Carolina
Date: March 20
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 12 miles/300 yards
Lismore, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 0.1 miles/75 yards
Wilmont, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 0.1 miles/75 yards
Comfrey, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 73.5 miles/1,500 yards
St. Peter, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 18 miles/2,200 yards
Le Center, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 17 miles/1,760 yards
Lonsdale, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 5 miles/440 yards
Castle Rock, Minnesota
Date: March 29
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/440 yards
Coatesville, Virginia
Date: April 1
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 9 miles/400 yards
Snicarte, Illinois
Date: April 7
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 3 miles/70 yards
Havana, Illinois
Date: April 7
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 11 miles/35 yards
Arthur, Illinois
Date: April 7
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 11 miles/100 yards
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Date: April 8
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 19.5 miles/300 yards
Birmingham, Alabama
Date: April 8
Rating: F5 (>260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 30.3 miles/1,320 yards
Pell City, Alabama
Date: April 8
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 14.4 miles/200 yards
Smyrna, Georgia
Date: April 8
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 3.5 miles/200 yards
Dunwoody, Georgia
Date: April 8
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 19 miles/800 yards
Blitchton, Georgia
Date: April 9
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 16 miles/440 yards
Hinesville, Georgia
Date: April 9
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 24.5 miles/400 yards
Nashville, Tennessee
Date: April 16
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 28 miles/1,320 yards
Savannah-Waynesboro, Tennessee
Date: April 16
Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 30.1 miles/1760 yards
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
Date: April 16
Rating: F5 (>260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 19.3 miles/1,760 yards
Culleoka, Tennessee
Date: April 16
Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 18.7 miles/1,320 yards
Big Fork, Arkansas
Date: May 1
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 11 miles/200 yards
Dudley Shoals, North Carolina
Date: May 7
Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 14 miles/1,320 yards
Spencer, South Dakota
Date: May 30
Rating: F4 (~220 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 14 miles/1,600 yards
Mechanicville, New York
Date: May 31
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 30.5 miles/970 yards
Deposit, New York
Date: May 31
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 62 miles/200 yards
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Date: May 31
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 13 miles/880 yards
Lyons, Pennsylvania
Date: June 2
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 8.3 miles/120 yards
Shippingport, Pennsylvania
Date: June 2
Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 7 miles/300 yards
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Date: June 2
Rating: F1 (110 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 32 miles/800 yards
Orangeville, New York
Date: June 2
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 15 miles/250 yards
Donegal, Pennsylvania
Date: June 2
Rating: F1 (73-112 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 8 miles/200 yards
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Date: June 2
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 15 miles/880 yards
Frostburg, Maryland
Date: June 2
Rating: F4 (210 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 36.8 miles/1,760 yards
Elliotsville, PA-Friendsville, MD
Date: June 2
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 12 miles/300 yards
Lake Carey, Pennsylvania
Date: June 2
Rating: F3 (158-206 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 35 miles/500 yards
Keyser-Burlington, West Virginia
Date: June 2
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 15 miles/150 yards
Greenfield, Indiana
Date: June 11
Rating: F4 (207-260 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 13.2 miles/400 yards
Columbus, Nebraska
Date: June 23
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 6 miles/1,760 yards
Hurricane Bonnie
Date: August 27
Strength: Category 2 (95 knots)
Time/Location of Landfall: 0330 UTC/Wilmington, North Carolina
Hurricane Earl
Date: September 3
Strength: Category 1 (70 knots)
Time/Location of Landfall: 0600 UTC/Panama City, Florida
Hurricane Georges (Final Landfall)
Date: September 28
Strength: Category 2 (90 knots)
Time/Location of Landfall: 1130 UTC/Near Biloxi, Mississippi
Moore, Oklahoma
Date: October 4
Rating: F2 (113-157 mph)
Path Length/Path Width: 3.6 miles/580 yards