Wildfire, Marion
- When
- May 28, 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.210, -82.057 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in Florida, May 28, 2000
The Central Florida Collision Building caught on fire due to a small grass fire.
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAX wrote it up.
The Central Florida Collision Building caught on fire due to a small grass fire.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 28 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 28, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2000
- Funnel Clouds in Texas, May 28, 2000
- Rip Current and High Surf in American Samoa, May 28 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Florida in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, May 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: 5146539.