Tornadoes · United States · Florida

2000 tornadoes in Florida

77 tornadoes touched down in Florida in 2000, 56 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1999 2001 The whole country in 2000

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Florida in 2000

January 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 24	3:29 AM EST	F1	Lee	2.5	70			$500,000

February 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 13	8:15 PM CST	F1	Washington	0.5	50			$300,000
February 13	8:18 PM CST	F1	Washington	0.5	50			$750,000

February 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 22	8:15 AM CST	F0		0.1	10

March 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 11	2:16 PM CST	F1	Jackson	2.0	70			$200,000
March 11	8:45 PM EST	F0	Gadsden	0.0	0

March 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 16	11:20 AM CST	F0	Gulf	0.2	50			$150,000

March 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 27	10:30 AM EST	F0	Lee	0.3	10			$10,000

March 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 29	5:30 PM EST	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

March 30 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 30	2:20 PM EST	F0	Nassau	0.1	10	$2,000
March 30	2:50 PM EST	F0	Suwannee	0.2	10	$3,000
March 30	3:50 PM EST	F0	Bradford	5.0	10	$30,000

April 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 13	1:40 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10			$1,000

April 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 14	12:00 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	0			$4,000

April 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 15	6:00 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10
April 15	6:20 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.2	10			$10,000

April 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 16	3:14 PM CDT	F0		0.1	10

April 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 24	5:35 AM CDT	F1	Escambia	0.8	200			$400,000

May 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 8	2:45 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	0

May 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 30	5:40 PM CDT	F0		0.1	0

June 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 6	3:15 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	0			$10,000

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	6:33 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	10		1

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	7:45 PM EDT	F0	Lee	2.5	0

June 19 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 19	3:15 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10

June 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 20	5:07 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	1.0	10			$30,000

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	11:38 AM CDT	F0		0.2	10

June 23 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 23	8:25 PM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	30

June 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	9:10 AM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	20

June 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 25	5:57 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.5	10			$100,000

June 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 27	5:35 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.1	0			$20,000

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	7:20 PM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.2	10			$10,000

July 10 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 10	3:30 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.1	10
July 10	3:48 PM CDT	F0		0.1	10

July 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 11	4:49 PM EDT	F0	Broward	0.1	10

July 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 14	4:15 PM EDT	F0	Hillsborough	0.1	0

July 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 15	11:26 AM EDT	F0	Pasco	1.0	0			$2,000
July 15	11:33 AM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	0

July 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 18	1:30 PM EDT	F0	Levy	0.1	0

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	3:35 PM EDT	F0	Suwannee	0.1	10			$1,000

July 28 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	8:22 PM EDT	F0	Hernando	0.3	0
July 28	8:38 PM EDT	F0	Pasco	0.1	0

July 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 30	2:45 PM EDT	F0	Polk	0.2	0			$30,000

July 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 31	8:53 AM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	50

August 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 2	1:00 PM EDT	F0	Hendry	0.1	10

August 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 12	1:50 PM EDT	F0	Pinellas	2.3	10			$500,000

August 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 15	11:30 AM EDT	F0	Lee	0.1	0

August 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 18	3:50 PM EDT	F0	Monroe	0.1	20
August 18	3:15 PM CDT	F0	Okaloosa	0.5	50			$10,000

August 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 21	7:40 PM EDT	F0	Lee	0.6	10			$70,000

August 24 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 24	6:29 PM EDT	F0	Sarasota	0.1	0

September 6 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 6	11:40 AM EDT	F0	Duval	0.1	0
September 6	11:45 AM EDT	F0	Duval	0.1	0			$60,000

September 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 9	12:35 PM EDT	F0	Manatee	0.1	0			$2,000

September 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
September 16	4:15 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.4	10
September 16	6:15 PM EDT	F1	Broward	1.0	30
September 16	6:50 PM EDT	F0	Palm Beach	0.3	10

September 17 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 17	4:43 AM EDT	F1	Lee	18.0	20	$2.0 million
September 17	5:33 AM EDT	F1	Lee	14.0	60	$1.0 million
September 17	5:43 AM EDT	F0	Charlotte	18.0	0	$140,000
September 17	8:15 AM EDT	F0	Highlands	17.0	0	$30,000
September 17	10:15 AM EDT	F0	Broward	0.2	20	$50,000
September 17	5:45 PM EDT	F0	Volusia	0.5	80	$10,000

September 22 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
September 22	8:05 AM EDT	F0	Franklin	0.3	30	$30,000
September 22	8:15 AM EDT	F1	Franklin	0.3	50	$10,000
September 22	8:45 AM EDT	F0	Wakulla	0.3	30	$10,000
September 22	9:55 AM EDT	F1	Wakulla	1.5	60	$170,000
September 22	2:00 PM EDT	F0	Jefferson	0.3	20	$50,000
September 22	2:10 PM EDT	F0	Jefferson	1.0	40	$40,000
September 22	2:55 PM EDT	F0	Madison	0.3	20	$1,000

October 3 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
October 3	12:00 PM CDT	F1	0.5	20	$20,000
October 3	2:35 PM CDT	F0	0.2	0
October 3	5:25 PM CDT	F0	0.2	0
October 3	5:35 PM CDT	F0	0.2	10

November 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 25	10:05 AM EST	F0	Palm Beach	0.5	10			$100,000

December 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
December 16	12:55 PM CST	F0	Walton	0.2	50	$3,000
December 16	1:24 PM CST	F2	Holmes	3.0	100	$750,000
December 16	1:50 PM CST	F1	Jackson	5.0	70	$300,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Florida since 1950 Warnings in force in Florida The live radar over Florida

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.