Florida, 2000

Tornado in Florida, January 24, 2000

January 24, 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
$500,000
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 Miami radar (KAMX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Lee

When
January 24, 3:29 AM EST to 3:33 AM EST
Where
Lee County, 10 mi E of Estero
Rating
F1
Path length
2.5 mi
Path width
75 yd
Property damage
$500,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
26.433, -81.633

A tornado (F1) touched down approximately one mile southwest of Corkscrew road on Lazy D Farms road where it downed a few trees, caused minor damage to a weathered mobile home, slightly damaged two vehicles and killed two cows. The tornado continued northeast where it caused minor damage to three planes and a recreational vehicle in a hanger on Corkscrew Trace road.The tornado crossed Corkscrew road and caused moderate damage to a 3000 gallon water tank on the north side of the road. The water tank was moved nearly a thousand yards by the tornadic wind. The tornado proceeded northeast and caused minor to moderate damage to a couple of pole barns and destroyed a storage shed along Katydid Lane.The tornado caused minor to moderate damage to a few weathered mobile homes, pole barns and sheds along Wildcat road before it lifted and dissipated.A total of eight homes, four pole barns, four storage sheds, several cars, an airplane hanger and several trees, were damaged by the F1 tornado.

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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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: 5131794.