Florida, 2000

Tornado in Florida, August 24, 2000

August 24, 2000 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Sarasota

When
August 24, 5:29 PM EST
Where
Sarasota County, 2 mi NNW of Sarasota
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
5 yd
Reported by
BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates
27.367, -82.550

A small F0 tornado, possibly a gustnado, made a brief touchdown along U.S. Highway 41 and Indian Beach Drive in Sarasota where a gas pump overhang was damaged.

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: 5174922.