Tornado in Florida, June 16, 1997

Name: Tornado in Florida, June 16, 1997
Start: 1997-06-16T16:45
End: 1997-06-16T17:00
Location: Florida

June 16, 1997 · NWS MFL · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $1.0 million
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.

The radar

The Miami radar (KAMX), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Broward

When: June 16, 4:45 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
Where: Broward County, Sunrise Golf Vlg
Rating: F1
Path length: 1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $1.0 million
Coordinates: 26.070, -80.220

tornado touched down at commercial blvd/nob hill intersection. one car was flipped there. tornado moved southwest to near nw103 st/nw 45 ave. several roofs were damaged. numerous windows were broken. small trees were uprooted and power lines knocked down. several cars were damaged by flying debris.

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

Every storm in Florida in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Florida, 1997 Warnings in Florida, June 1997

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: 5627071.