Florida, 2000

Tornado in Florida, March 30, 2000

March 30, 2000 · NWS JAX · 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
$3,000
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 Moody AFB radar (KVAX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:50 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Suwannee

When
March 30, 2:50 PM EST
Where
Suwannee County, 3 mi SSW of Live Oak
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
30.267, -83.000

Large trees and power lines were blown down. Weak FO.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5136719.