Tornado in Mississippi, August 20, 2000

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$2,000

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 Mobile radar (KMOB), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.

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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.

• Heat in Mississippi, August 20, 20001 death · 1 event
• Heat in Louisiana, August 20, 20001 death · 1 event
• Rip Current in North Carolina, August 20, 20001 death · 1 event
• Rip Current in California, August 20, 20001 death · 1 event
• Flood and Hail in Georgia, August 20 to 21, 20006 injured · $1.3 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 20, 2000$214,000 · 65 kt wind · 4 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 20, 2000$200,000 · 58 kt wind · 4 events
• Wildfire in Oklahoma, August 20 to 26, 2000$200,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000$80,000 · 1 event
• Flood in Florida, August 20, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 20, 2000$50,000 · 1 event
• Flood and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 20, 2000$30,000 · 2 events

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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: 5171223.