Florida, 2000

Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, August 18, 2000

August 18, 2000 · NWS EYW · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 waterspout, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

The radar

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Event by event

1 waterspout, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Monroe

When
August 18, 2:48 PM EST to 2:58 PM EST
Where
Monroe County, Big Pine Key
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Waterspout observed 5 miles southeast of Big Pine Key.

Tornado, Monroe

When
August 18, 2:50 PM EST to 2:51 PM EST
Where
Monroe County, Big Pine Key
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
24.683, -81.383

waterspout moved across the Bahia Honda bridge, stopping traffic but causing no damage or injuries.

What these are

Waterspout
A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
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

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5175270, 5175271.