Tornado, Lee
- When
- September 8, 5:24 PM EST to 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Lee County, 8 mi SW of Ft Myers
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 26.550, -81.930
Tornado in Florida, September 8, 1996
A waterspout touched down in the Caloosahatchee River, north of the Cape Coral Bridge. The waterspout moved onshore as a short-lived tornado that caused minor to moderate roof and tile damage to seven homes in Ft.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS TBW wrote it up.
A waterspout touched down in the Caloosahatchee River, north of the Cape Coral Bridge. The waterspout moved onshore as a short-lived tornado that caused minor to moderate roof and tile damage to seven homes in Ft. Myers. Two of the homes suffered lanai screen damage. Most of the damaged occurred along Caloosa Yacht and Racket Club Drives, north of the Cape Coral Bridge Road.Six small boats also received minor damage to canvas coverings at the Caloosa Yacht and Racket Club.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, September 8 to 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Virginia, September 8, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, September 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1996Warnings in Florida, September 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5571912.