YearFinal SPC data

2000

1,075 tornadoes in 2000, with 11,266 hail and 12,153 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 723 F1 267 F2 62 F3 20 F4 3

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

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Wind reports by month

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Storm days

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Running count

2000 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20001991 to 2020 average1995 to 2005 (other years)

1,075 tornadoes in 2000, 13% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	04/23/00	37	0	0	F3	AL, AR, FL, LA, MS, OK, TX
2	05/18/00	37	0	0	F2	AR, IA, IL, IN, MO, NY
3	05/17/00	32	0	0	F3	CO, NE
4	12/16/00	24	1	12	F4	AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN
5	05/26/00	23	0	0	F2	AR, IL, KS, KY, MO, OK, TN, TX
6	05/24/00	22	0	0	F2	AR, KY, NC, OK, TN
7	04/02/00	18	0	1	F2	AL, GA, LA, MS, SC, TX
8	02/13/00	17	0	19	F3	AL, AR, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN
9	04/03/00	17	0	0	F2	AL, GA, LA, MS
10	05/23/00	17	0	0	F3	KY, MO, OH, TN, WV
11	06/13/00	17	0	0	F1	FL, IA, KS, ND, NE, OK, TX
12	10/31/00	17	0	0	F2	IA, KS, NE
13	07/25/00	14	1	1	F4	MN, SD
14	03/22/00	14	0	0	F2	TX
15	03/26/00	14	0	0	F2	AR, MO, OK, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	08/09/00	546	8	113	425	2.5 in	75 kt (86 mph)
2	07/20/00	545	8	134	403	2.75 in	76 kt (87 mph)
3	05/18/00	533	37	293	203	4.5 in	126 kt (145 mph)
4	05/24/00	442	22	186	234	4.5 in	78 kt (90 mph)
5	03/26/00	404	14	274	116	4.5 in	74 kt (85 mph)
6	06/13/00	394	17	173	204	4.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
7	05/12/00	386	12	188	186	3.5 in	85 kt (98 mph)
8	05/26/00	383	23	160	200	4.5 in	80 kt (92 mph)
9	09/11/00	367	1	153	213	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
10	06/02/00	328	4	79	245	2.5 in	100 kt (115 mph)
11	06/25/00	317	7	94	216	2.75 in	73 kt (84 mph)
12	08/07/00	307	9	100	198	1.75 in	81 kt (93 mph)
13	03/10/00	305	12	222	71	4.5 in	90 kt (104 mph)
14	07/21/00	297	4	109	184	3.25 in	98 kt (113 mph)
15	03/07/00	292	7	140	145	2 in	90 kt (104 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	02/17/00	4.5 in	Sedgwick County, KS
2	03/10/00	4.5 in	Coryell County, TX
3	03/16/00	4.5 in	Hays County, TX
4	03/26/00	4.5 in	Muskogee County, OK
5	03/26/00	4.5 in	Sebastian County, AR
6	04/02/00	4.5 in	Dallas County, AL
7	04/15/00	4.5 in	Throckmorton County, TX
8	04/23/00	4.5 in	Harrison County, TX
9	04/23/00	4.5 in	Caddo Parish, LA
10	04/23/00	4.5 in	De Soto Parish, LA
11	05/06/00	4.5 in	Goshen County, WY
12	05/08/00	4.5 in	Washington County, OK
13	05/09/00	4.5 in	Wood County, OH
14	05/18/00	4.5 in	Vermillion County, IN
15	05/24/00	4.5 in	Burke County, NC

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	05/18/00	126 kt	145	Not given	Dutchess County, NY
2	08/05/00	104 kt	120	Not given	Davison County, SD
3	01/03/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Jackson County, IL
4	02/18/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Alexander County, IL
5	05/02/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Cameron County, TX
6	06/02/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Schenectady County, NY
7	06/19/00	100 kt	115	Not given	County 045, CO
8	08/05/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Rock County, WI
9	08/18/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Pitkin County, CO
10	09/20/00	100 kt	115	Not given	Meade County, KY
11	07/21/00	98 kt	113	Not given	Scott County, KS
12	08/12/00	96 kt	110	Not given	Ramsey County, ND
13	05/29/00	95 kt	109	Not given	Madison County, NE
14	05/29/00	95 kt	109	Not given	Platte County, NE
15	06/23/00	95 kt	109	Not given	Warren County, IA

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
07/25/00	F4	Montevideo to Granite Falls, Minnesota	MN	9.0 mi	160 yd	1	15
09/20/00	F4	Xenia to Cedarville, Ohio	OH	9.0 mi	500 yd	1	100
12/16/00	F4	Moundville to Coaling, Alabama	AL	18.0 mi	750 yd	11	144

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/13/00	F3	Camilla, Georgia	GA	9.2 mi	300 yd	11	175
12/16/00	F4	Moundville to Coaling, Alabama	AL	18.0 mi	750 yd	11	144
02/14/00	F3	Meigs, Georgia	GA	15.0 mi	300 yd	7	15
03/28/00	F3	Fort Worth, Texas	TX	4.0 mi	250 yd	2	80
05/12/00	F3	Whitney, Texas	TX	7.0 mi	400 yd	2	0
02/14/00	F2	Omega, Georgia	GA	6.0 mi	200 yd	1	0
04/03/00	F2	Piedmont, Alabama	AL	1.9 mi	100 yd	1	6
04/20/00	F1	Shelbyville to Wartrace, Tennessee	TN	2.0 mi	60 yd	1	0
05/11/00	F3	Cedar Falls to Fairbank, Iowa	IA	18.6 mi	210 yd	1	25
07/25/00	F4	Montevideo to Granite Falls, Minnesota	MN	9.0 mi	160 yd	1	15
09/20/00	F4	Xenia to Cedarville, Ohio	OH	9.0 mi	500 yd	1	100
09/23/00	F2	Allendale to Barnwell, South Carolina	SC	4.8 mi	400 yd	1	5
12/16/00	F2	Geneva, Alabama	AL	4.5 mi	100 yd	1	9

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.

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