Florida, 2000Waterspouts in Florida, May 17, 2000
May 17, 2000 · NWS EYW · 3 events in 1 county or zone
3 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- May 17, 3:05 PM EST to 3:11 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 7 miles north of Key West airport.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- May 17, 3:53 PM EST to 4:01 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 7 miles northwest of the Key West airport.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- May 17, 5:27 PM EST to 5:43 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, (Eyw)key West Inl Ar
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout observed 8 miles northwest of the Key West airport.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000$4.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 20 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 2000$2.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 17 to 18, 2000$558,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 2000$38,000 · F1 · 38 events
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 2000$256,000 · 2 in hail · 14 events
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000$202,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 2000$300,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 17 to 18, 2000$160,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000$154,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000$150,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000$135,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
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: 5140235, 5140236, 5140237.