Waterspout, Broward
- When
- August 31, 9:20 AM EST
- Where
- Broward County, 30 mi E of Ft Lauderdale
- Reported by
- AIRPLANE PILOT
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Florida, August 31, 1999
A pilot sighted a waterspout in the Atlantic 30 miles east of Fort Lauderdale.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 pilot sighted a waterspout in the Atlantic 30 miles east of Fort Lauderdale.
The radar
The Miami radar (KAMX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 31, 1999
- Heat in Pennsylvania, August 31, 1999
- Heat in New Jersey, August 31, 1999
- Strong Wind in Hawaii, August 31, 1999
- Cold in Alabama, August 31, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, August 31, 1999
- Hail in Texas, August 31, 1999
More
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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: 5716194.