Tornado Alley

Significant Tornadoes of 2000

Date County/Parish/State Intensity PL PW Inj. Fat.
January 3
1:30pm CST		 Yalobusha/Lafayette/Union MS
5 E Water Valley - 3 NE Myrtle		 F3 43 300y 7 0
January 3
3:08pm CST		 Crittenden KY
Crayne - 5 NE Shadey Grove		 F3 15 400y 3 0
January 3
3:23pm CST		 Webster KY
3 SW Diamond - 6 NE Diamond		 F3 9 400y 0 0
January 3
4:12pm CST		 Daviess KY
1 E Rome - Owensboro City Limits		 F3 7 300y 18 0
February 13
11:42pm EST		 Mitchell GA
6 SW Camilla - 5 E-SE Camilla		 F3 9 300y 175 11
February 14
12:49am EST		 Grady/Thomas/Mitchell GA
10 N Cairo - 3 NE Meigs		 F3 16 300y 16 7
March 10
7:55pm CST		 Burleson TX
8 S Caldwell - 1 N Clay		 F3 21 800y 2 0
March 28
6:18pm CST		 Tarrant TX
Fort Worth City Limits		 F3 4 200y 80 2
March 28
7:05pm CST		 Tarrant/Dallas TX
Arlington City Limits -
2 S-SW Grand Prairie		 F3 8 300y 0 0
April 19
8:30pm CDT		 Montgomery/Labette/Neosho
Crawford KS
3 S Cherryvale - 6 NE McCune		 F3 27 400y 31 0
April 23
4:40pm CDT		 Caddo/Bossier LA
5 W Geenwood - 4 NE Ninock		 F3 33 500y 4 0
April 23
4:58pm CDT		 Cass TX
4 NW Linden - 5 SE Atlanta		 F3 16 800y 0 0
April 23
6:05pm CDT		 DeSoto/Red River/Natchitoches LA
2 S-SW Evelyn - 1 NE Campti		 F3 19 200y 0 0
April 30
5:25pm CDT		 Throckmorton/Young TX
Elbert - 2 E Olney		 F3 15 800y 0 0
May 11
7:03pm CDT		 Black Hawk/Buchanan IA
Cedar Falls City Limits - 
3 SE Fairbank		 F3 21 500y 21 1
May 12
5:10pm CDT		 Bosque TX
6 W-SW Whitney - 4 N Laguna Park		 F3 7 400y 0 2
May 17
5:15pm CDT		 Lincoln NE
6 S Brady - 4 SW Maxwell		 F3 12 800y 2 0
May 23
3:00pm EDT		 Grayson KY
4 N Leitchfield - 4 E-SE Leitchfield		 F3 6 100y 16 0
May 27
2:46pm CDT		 Houston TN
15 W Erin - 2 E-SE Erin		 F3 17 500y 0 0
July 5
9:10pm MDT		 Logan CO
2 N-NE Dailey - 4 SW Dailey		 F3 6 1200y 2 0
July 25
5:57pm CDT		 Yellow Medicine MN
5 NE Clarkfield - 
Granite Falls City Limits		 F4 9 200y 15 1
September 20
7:18pm EDT		 Greene OH
4 SW Xenia - 1 N Wilberforce		 F4 9 500y 100 1
December 16
12:54pm CST		 Tuscaloosa AL
5 W Hull - 3 E-NE Cottondale		 F4 18 700y 144 11
December 16
2:46pm CST		 Cherokee/Etowah AL
5 E-NE Gadsden - 3 SW Centre		 F3 13 500y 14 0

 

Top 5 Most Violent Tornadoes - 2000

Date

Tornado "Name"

 Intensity PL PW  
1) Dec. 16 Bear Creek AL F4 18 700y 144 inj. & 11 fat.
2) Sept. 20 Xenia OH F4 9 500y 100 inj. & 1 fat.
3) July 25 Granite Falls MN F4 9 200y 15 inj. & 1 fat.
4) May 11 Cedar Falls - Dunkerton IA F3 21 500y 21 inj. & 1 fat.
5) July 5 Dailey CO F3 6 1200y 2 inj. & 0 fat.
 

Towns/Cities Impacted By F3-F5 Tornadoes - 2000

Date

 City/Town County/Parish/State Max Int. Fatalities
January 3 Diamond Webster KY F3 0
January 3 Owensboro Daviess KY F3 0
January 3 Paris Lafayette MS F3 0
January 3 Denmark Lafayette MS F3 0
January 3 Myrtle Union MS F3 0
March 28 Fort Worth Tarrant TX F3 2
March 28 Arlington Tarrant TX F3 0
March 28 Grand Prairie Tarrant TX F3 0
April 19 Parsons Labette KS F3 0
April 23 Shreveport Caddo LA F3 0
April 30 Elbert Throckmorton TX F3 0
May 11 Cedar Falls Black Hawk IA F3 0
May 11 Dunkerton Black Hawk IA F3 1
May 23 Leitchfield Grayson KY F3 0
May 27 Tennessee Ridge Houston TN F3 0
May 27 Erin Houston TN F3 0
July 25 Granite Falls Yellow Medicine MN F4 1
September 20 Xenia Greene OH F4 1
December 16 Bear Creek Tuscaloosa AL F4 6
December 16 Coats Bend Etowah AL F3 0

Strong/Violent Tornadoes By State - 2000

State Total F3 F4 F5
Texas 6 6 0 0
Kentucky 4 4 0 0
Alabama 2 1 1 0
Louisiana 2 2 0 0
Georgia 2 2 0 0
Ohio 1 0 1 0
Minnesota 1 0 1 0
Iowa 1 1 0 0
Nebraska 1 1 0 0
Kansas 1 1 0 0
Colorado 1 1 0 0
Mississippi 1 1 0 0
Tennessee 1 1 0 0
         
2000 Totals 24 21 3 0