Tornado, Broward
- When
- January 3, 8:40 AM EST to 8:42 AM EST
- Where
- Broward County, (Fll)ft Laudrdl Intl to 7 mi SW of (Fll)ft Laudrdl Intl
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 26.000, -80.230
Tornado in Florida, January 3, 1996
The same thunderstorm cell that produced the F1 tornado in Dade, 33 minutes earlier, produced an F0 tornado in eastern Pembroke Pines. Maximum winds gusts are estimated near 70 mph.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MFL wrote it up.
The same thunderstorm cell that produced the F1 tornado in Dade, 33 minutes earlier, produced an F0 tornado in eastern Pembroke Pines. Maximum winds gusts are estimated near 70 mph. The tornado touched down near S.W. 7 Street and 67 Avenue, travelled about 600 yards toward the north northeast, and lifted on the south side of Pines Boulevard at 6 Street. Two house roofs were damaged, with other damage to awnings, antennae, outbuildings, and wooden fences. At least two large trees were uprooted and utility lines were blown down, cutting service to about 1500 users.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:39 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
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More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1996Warnings in Florida, January 1996
Sources
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: 5536211.