Tornado, Broward
- When
- June 21, 3:30 PM EST to 3:35 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Hallandale
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 25.980, -80.150
Tornado in Florida, June 21, 1996
A tornado touched down near Hallandale in southeast Broward County and moved into the Aventura area of adjacent northeast Dade County. Windows were blown out of one house with minor damage to several other houses and to five boats.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
A tornado touched down near Hallandale in southeast Broward County and moved into the Aventura area of adjacent northeast Dade County. Windows were blown out of one house with minor damage to several other houses and to five boats. Power lines also were blown down in northeast Dade County.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:30 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
- Tornado in Michigan, June 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flood in Iowa, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1996
- Tornado in Michigan, June 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Flash Flood in Michigan, June 21 to 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 21, 1996
More
Every storm in Florida in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1996Warnings in Florida, June 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: 5562190.