Florida, 2000

Tornado in Florida, September 22, 2000

September 22, 2000 · NWS TAE · 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 Tallahassee radar (KTLH), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Franklin

When
September 22, 7:15 AM EST to 7:17 AM EST
Where
Franklin County, 5 mi N of East Pt
Rating
F1
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
29.800, -84.883

An F1 tornado touched down along Highway 65 at the East Bay Tower on the southwest edge of Tates Hell Swamp. Numerous trees and power lines down. Reported by the Franklin County EMA.

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

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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: 5157792.