Florida

Storm History: Broward County, Florida

1,003 episodes, 1,480 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Broward County, Florida: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,480
Deaths
92
Injuries
372
Damage
$510 million
Episodes
1,003

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.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail30347$380,000
Tornado2641107$108 million
Thunderstorm Wind21204$857,000
Lightning1071478$2.3 million
Flood8601$10 million
Drought7900
Flash Flood6603$78 million
Funnel Cloud6400
Rip Current644365
Waterspout4500
Coastal Flood4400$5,000
Tropical Storm40065$55 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)25234$255 million
Wildfire2012$10,000
Frost/Freeze1620$50,000
Heavy Rain1501$207,000
Storm Surge/Tide900
Heat7032
High Wind300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
High Surf243
Strong Wind200$18,000
Tropical Depression200
Astronomical Low Tide100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Broward County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Broward CountyEvery warning in Broward County since 1986Every county in Florida

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.