Tornado in Florida, October 3, 2000

Name: Tornado in Florida, October 3, 2000
Start: 2000-10-03T12:00
End: 2000-10-03T12:03
Location: Florida

October 3, 2000 · NWS MFL · 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: $20,000
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), 30 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:01 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Miami-Dade

When: October 3, 12:00 PM EST to 12:03 PM EST
Where: Miami-Dade County, Hialeah
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 25.850, -80.267

A tornado touched down near 41st Street and E 8th Avenue, moved north northwest, then lifted near 46th Street and E 6th Avenue. The roof of Hialeah Fire Department Station No. 2 was damaged with debris falling onto vehicles. Other damage occurred to signs and traffic signals with some trees uprooted and numerous large branches blown down.

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Florida in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 2000 Warnings in Florida, October 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: 5158990.