Florida, 2000

Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, June 24, 2000

June 24, 2000 · NWS TAE · 2 events in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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

The Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:07 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Waterspout, Franklin

When
June 24, 7:15 AM EST to 8:15 AM EST
Where
Franklin County, 8 mi SE of Green Pt
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.812, -84.800 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several waterspouts sighted and moved parallel to St George Island. No damage indicated. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.

Tornado, Franklin

When
June 24, 8:10 AM EST to 8:11 AM EST
Where
Franklin County, Carrabelle Beach
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
20 yd
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.833, -84.683

A waterspout briefly came ashore and dissipated. No damage indicated. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.

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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Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 2000Warnings in Florida, June 2000

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: 5152032, 5152033.