Florida

Storms in Florida in 2000

1,244 events in 842 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2000, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Florida in 2000 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Florida

The year

Events
1,244
Deaths
17
Injuries
55
Damage
$1.0 billion
Episodes
842

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind366012$5.4 million
Waterspout17600$35,000
Hail15902$2.1 million
Frost/Freeze9700$5.5 million
Tornado7801$9.1 million
Lightning60835$6.0 million
Funnel Cloud5600
Wildfire5302$1.9 million
Flash Flood4200$4.8 million
Dense Fog3900
Flood3600$964 million
Tropical Storm2700$50,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)2500$5.0 million
Rip Current983
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$2.0 million
Heat600
High Wind410$150,000
Sleet200
Heavy Rain100

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

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September 2000

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November 2000

December 2000

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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.