Tornado, Broward
- When
- July 28, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, 2 mi NW of Oakland Park
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.180, -80.150
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 28, 1999
A small tornado touched down at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport flipping a small plane. The tornado then destroyed a tree at a residence near Commercial Boulevard and 45th Street.
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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 small tornado touched down at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport flipping a small plane. The tornado then destroyed a tree at a residence near Commercial Boulevard and 45th Street. Severe thunderstorm wind gusts uprooted large trees in Pompano Beach.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Broward
- When
- July 28, 1:20 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Pompano Beach
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 26.230, -80.120
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, July 28 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Illinois, July 28 to 31, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Wisconsin, July 28 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Minnesota, July 28 to 30, 1999
- Heat in Nebraska, July 28 to 29, 1999
- Heat in Arkansas, July 28, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, July 28, 1999
- Heat in Iowa, July 28 to 29, 1999
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, July 28, 1999
More
Every storm in Florida in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1999Warnings in Florida, July 1999
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: 5702479, 5702480.