Tornado in Florida, August 21, 2000

Name: Tornado in Florida, August 21, 2000
Start: 2000-08-21T18:40
End: 2000-08-21T18:43
Location: Florida

August 21, 2000 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

The radar

The Tampa radar (KTBW), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lee

When: August 21, 6:40 PM EST to 6:43 PM EST
Where: Lee County, 1 mi NE of Boca Grande
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.6 mi
Path width: 15 yd
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 26.767, -82.250

The public reported that a waterspout moved onshore as a weak tornado along Treasure Lane, one mile northeast of Boca Grande. The local fire department reported that the small tornado caused minor roof, lanai, carport and glass damage to a few homes as it moved west across Jean Lafette, Gaspar Drive, East Railroad and Gasparilla Roads. Also, a few trees were uprooted or snapped half way from the base before the tornado lifted and dissipated near 14th Street in Boca Grande.

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.

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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: 5174673.