Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000

Name: Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
Start: 2000-09-17T07:15
End: 2000-09-17T07:15
Location: Florida

September 17, 2000 · NWS TBW · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Highlands

When: September 17, 7:15 AM EST
Where: Highlands County, Lake Placid
Rating: F0
Path length: 17 mi
Path width: 5 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 27.300, -81.367

A fast moving tornado, associated with an outer rainband of Hurricane Gordon, was observed to sporadically touch down by a Skywarn Spotter in Lake Placid. The tornado downed a few trees, toppled power lines and snapped several branches in Lake Placid before it continued to move north northwest over rural semi-wooded western Highlands county. The tornado was last observed at Highlands Hammock State Park where it touched down and destroyed a ranger outhouse before it receded and dissipated.

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.

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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, September 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: 5158354.