2017 Clermont, Florida Tornado
EF3 tornado
The Clermont, Florida EF3 near peak strength.
Date
May 23, 2017
Times
1546-1621
Touchdown location
3:46 PM EST
Highest winds
160 mph (257 km/h)
Injuries
208
Fatalities
12
Damage
$1 billion (2017 USD)
Areas affected
Areas in and around Clermont, Florida
Part of theTornadoes of 2017 (Hitman)
The
2017 Clermont, Florida Tornado was a destructive and costly, rated high-end EF3 that struck
Clermont, Florida in the afternoon hours of May 23, 2017. In all, 12 people were killed, along with 209 injuries, and $1 billion (2017 USD) in damages.
Around the same time as the Mt. Dora EF5 tornado, another strong tornado formed about 20 miles to the south-southwest. Forming in the Ferndale Preserve, the tornado initially caused widespread EF0 to EF1 damage limited to trees. The tornado grazed the westernmost parts of Montverde before hitting the La Finca Stables, killing several horses and crossing the Florida Turnpike , striking the southeast portions of Minneola , causing sporadic EF2 damage. The tornado then crossed into Clermont , striking many well-built homes, causing high-end EF2 damage in a few instances. Three were killed in this area. The funnel exited the residential area and damaged a small addition across Citrus Tower Blvd before striking the Clermont Pediatrics, Superior Residences of Clermont, and the Clermont Town Center plaza in succession, causing more high-end EF2 damage. It then crossed FL-50 and struck another plaza, ripping the roof off of the AT&T store that was directly in the core of the tornado's path, indicating EF3 damage.
The tornado also caused minimal EF1 damage to the Lowe's right next to the plaza. The tornado passed over Wilma Lake before directly striking the Epic Theatres of Clermont, causing EF3 damage to the plaza, with the collapse of several external walls and severe damage to the roof of the theater being noted. Eight people were killed in the theater. The tornado pressed south-southwest, causing EF1 damage to a BJ's as it moved across the Clermont Crossings parking lot, mangling and throwing many vehicles considerable distances. It then moved into the South Lake subdivision, causing widespread damage, with some instances of EF3 damage visible; one person was killed in this area. The tornado continued on into the Orange Mountain addition, causing EF1-EF0 damage as it began to weaken. The tornado eventually moved out over Lake Louisa and dissipated after traveling over the lake for nearly half a mile. In total, the tornado killed 12 people, injured over 200, caused over $1 billion in damages, and traveled for 9.5 miles.
Gallery
Hitman's Notable Tornadoes 1
2016 Sherman, Texas Tornado • 2017 Mount Dora, Florida Tornado • 2017 Clermont, Florida Tornado • 2017 Bradenton, Florida Tornado • 2017 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Washington, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Tescott, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Clermont-Groveland-Four Corners, Florida Tornado • 2018 Jarrell, Texas Tornado • 2018 Houston-Pasadena, Texas Tornado • 2018 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Red Rock, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Vilonia, Arkansas Tornado • 2018 Smithville, Mississippi Tornado • 2018 Woodward, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Antlers, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 New Cordell, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Oleta, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Tushka, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Keyes, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Prague, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Bixby, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Webster, South Dakota Tornado • 2018 Wilco-Dimmitt, Texas Tornado • 2019 Prescott, Arkansas tornado • 2019 Chesterfield, Missouri Tornado • 2019 Harper, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Sand Springs, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Spiro, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Vinita, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah Tornado • 2019 Sterling, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Vian, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Parshall, North Dakota Tornado • 2019 Bridge Creek-Moore, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Phil Campbell, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Ider, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Philadelphia, Mississippi Tornado • 2020 Double Springs, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Athens, Mississippi Tornado • 2020 Vernon, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Steens, Mississippi Tornado • 2020 Capitol, Montana Tornado • 2020 Washington D.C. Tornado • 2021 Piedmont - Guthrie, Oklahoma Tornado • 2021 Piedmont, Oklahoma tornado • 2021 Gladstone, New Mexico Tornado • 2023 Chandler, Minnesota Tornado • 2025 Harrisburg-Reading-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tornado • 2026 Eastport, Maine Tornado • 2027 Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tornado • 2028 Wray, Colorado tornado • 2028 Lone Grove, Oklahoma Tornado • 2028 Mulhall, Oklahoma Tornado
Hitman's 2017 EF3 Tornadoes
2017 Clermont, Florida Tornado
2016
2016 Sherman, Texas Tornado
2017
2017 Mount Dora, Florida Tornado • 2017 Clermont, Florida Tornado • 2017 Bradenton, Florida Tornado • 2017 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Tornado
2018
2018 Washington, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Tescott, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Moore, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Clermont-Groveland-Four Corners, Florida Tornado • 2018 Chapman, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Iona-Rigby, Idaho Tornado • 2018 Jarrell, Texas Tornado • 2018 Houston-Pasadena, Texas Tornado • 2018 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Andover, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Greene County, Ohio Tornado • 2018 Xenia, Ohio Tornado • 2018 Red Rock, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Binger, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Denton, Texas Tornado • 2018 Millersport, Ohio Tornado • 2018 Bennington, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Smithville, Mississippi Tornado • 2018 Vilonia, Arkansas Tornado • 2018 Hackleburg, Alabama Tornado • 2018 Ponca City, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Freeport, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Guin, Alabama Tornado • 2018 Fort Rice, North Dakota Tornadoes • 2018 Spencer, South Dakota Tornado • 2018 Woodward, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Leedey, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Olney, Texas Tornado • 2018 Udall, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Blackwell, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Kiowa, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Big Spring, Texas Tornado • 2018 Rocksprings, Texas Tornado • 2018 Oberlin, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Clyde, Texas Tornado • 2018 Broken Bow, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Checotah, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Lawton, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Quapaw, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Antlers, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 El Reno, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Eureka, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Pushmataha County, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 New Cordell, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Finley, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Oleta, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Stanley, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Attica, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Union City, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Overland Park, Kansas Tornado • 2018 Dimmitt, Texas Tornado • 2018 Goldsby, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Perryville, Missouri Tornado • 2018 St. Jo, Texas Tornado • 2018 Roff, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Tuttle, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Tushka, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Keyes, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Troy, Oregon Tornado • 2018 De Smet, South Dakota Tornado • 2018 Dayton, Indiana Tornado • 2018 Kingfisher, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Jacksonville, Florida Tornado • 2018 Davenport, Iowa Tornado • 2018 Caddo County, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Piedmont, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Okarche, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Guthrie, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Lincoln County, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Prague, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Newcastle, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Fairland, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Chelsea, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Justice, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Dotyville, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Glenpool, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Mulhall, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Miami, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Griggs, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Grove, Oklahoma Tornado • 2018 Edmonson, Texas Tornado • 2018 Panhandle, Texas Tornado • 2018 Wilco-Dimmitt, Texas Tornado
2019
2019 Coleridge, Nebraska Tornado • 2019 Prescott, Arkansas tornado • 2019 Cotter, Arkansas Tornado • 2019 Chesterfield, Missouri Tornado • 2019 Goddard, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Harper, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Sand Springs, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Spiro, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Vinita, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Salt Lake City, Utah Tornado • 2019 Sterling, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Vian, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Hesston, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Lenexa, Kansas Tornado • 2019 Mulhall, Oklahoma Tornado • 2019 Parshall, North Dakota Tornado • 2019 Bridge Creek-Moore, Oklahoma Tornado
2020
2020 Auburn-Enterprise-Dothan, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Scottsboro, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Phil Campbell, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Double Springs, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Oak Ridge, Tennessee Tornado • 2020 Athens, Mississippi Tornado • 2020 Ider, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Vernon, Alabama Tornado • 2020 Philadelphia, Mississippi Tornado • 2020 Steens, Mississippi Tornado • 2020 Muncie, Indiana Tornado • 2020 McAlester, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Blair, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Tishomingo, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Kingfisher County, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Plainfield, Illinois Tornado • 2020 Murphysboro, Illinois Tornado • 2020 Capitol, Montana Tornado • 2020 Washington D.C. Tornado • 2020 Oshtemo, Michigan tornado • 2020 Joplin, Missouri Tornado • 2020 Snyder, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Solomon, Kansas Tornado • 2020 Goldsby, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Mangum, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Perry-Mulhall, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Abilene, Kansas Tornado • 2020 Greensburg, Kansas Tornado • 2020 Pampa, Texas Tornado • 2020 Tulsa, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Allison, Texas Tornado • 2020 Bridge Creek, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Chickasha, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Butler, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Davis, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Amber, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Wichita Falls, Texas Tornado • 2020 Dodge City, Kansas Tornado • 2020 Eustace, Texas Tornado • 2020 Granbury, Texas Tornado • 2020 Liberal, Kansas Tornado • 2020 Silsbee, Texas Tornado • 2020 Bradley, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Elmer, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 McPherson, Kansas tornado • 2020 Shawnee, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Loyal, Oklahoma Tornado • 2020 Katie, Oklahoma Tornado
2021
2021 Anadarko, Oklahoma Tornado • 2021 Piedmont - Guthrie, Oklahoma Tornado • 2021 Gladstone, New Mexico Tornado • 2021 Piedmont, Oklahoma tornado • 2021 Ashley-Walcott, North Dakota Tornado
2022
2022 El Dorado, Kansas Tornado • 2022 Skidmore, Missouri Tornado
2023
2023 Dallas, Texas tornado • 2023 Chandler, Minnesota Tornado • 2023 Flemington, New Jersey tornado • 2023 Steinbach, Manitoba tornado
2024
2024 Liberal, Kansas tornado • 2024 Canadian County, Oklahoma tornado • 2024 Slater, Missouri tornado • 2024 Blanchard-Newcastle-Moore, Oklahoma tornado • 2024 Helena-Lamont, Oklahoma tornado • 2024 Woodward, Oklahoma tornado • 2024 Attica-Harper, Kansas tornado
2025
2025 Harrisburg-Reading-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tornado • 2025 Waurika-Addington, Oklahoma Tornado
2026
2026 Eastport, Maine Tornado • 2026 Sabetha, Kansas tornado
2027
2027 Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tornado
2028
2028 Mulhall, Oklahoma Tornado • 2028 Wynnewood, Oklahoma Tornado • 2028 Wray, Colorado tornado • 2028 Lone Grove, Oklahoma Tornado • 2028 Wichita-Park City, Kansas tornado
2031
2031 Belleville, Ontario tornado
2034
2034 Florissant, Missouri tornado • 2034 Taylorsville, Kentucky tornado • 2034 Watseka, Illinois tornado
2035
2035 Cicero, Indiana tornado
2037
2037 Winfield, Alabama tornado • 2037 Thaxton, Mississippi tornado • 2037 Mobile, Alabama tornado • 2037 Huntsville, Alabama tornado • 2037 Elgin, Oklahoma Tornado
2038
2038 Abbeville-New Iberia, Louisiana tornado • 2038 Kansas City-Dodge City-Topeka, Kansas tornado
2041
2041 Dallas-Forth Worth tornado
2265
2265 Minneola- Clermont- Four Corners, Florida Tornado