Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000

Name: Tornado in Florida, September 17, 2000
Start: 2000-09-17T17:45
End: 2000-09-17T17:45
Location: Florida

September 17, 2000 · NWS MLB · 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: $10,000
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 Melbourne radar (KMLB), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:46 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Volusia

When: September 17, 5:45 PM EST
Where: Volusia County, 4 mi N of New Smyrna Beach
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 80 yd
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.067, -80.933

An F0 tornado associated with the outer rainbands of Hurricane Gordon touched in the Ponce Inlet area just north of New Smyrna Beach. The small tornado tore a large awning from one home and hurled it into the roof of the home across the street. Power was lost in the neighborhood, trees were snapped off and signs and mailboxes were 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.

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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: 5177930.