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| Tornadoes confirmed | 2[1] |
|---|---|
| Max. rating1 | F3 tornado |
| Fatalities | 1 fatality, 33 injuries |
| Damage | $27.5 million (1980 USD)[2] |
| Areas affected | Southeast Florida |
Part of tornado outbreaks of 1980 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale | |
Two destructive tornadoes struck north of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the night of Saturday, March 1, 1980 (ET). The tornadoes produced extensive damage to apartment complexes, businesses, school buildings, and homes. The first of the two tornadoes touched down south of the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport and tracked northeast for almost 8 miles (13 km) to near the Pompano Beach Pier and moved offshore into the Atlantic Ocean. The tornado, unusually large and powerful for a tornado in South Florida, produced F3 damage, 33 injuries, and one death. A second, smaller, and weaker tornado produced F1 damage just 5 mi (8.0 km) to the north, in Deerfield Beach.
Meteorological synopsis
[edit]Confirmed tornadoes
[edit]| FU | F0 | F1 | F2 | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
March 1 event
[edit]| F# | Location | County / Parish | State | Start coord. |
Time (UTC) | Path length | Max. width | Summary | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F3 | NW of Wilton Manors to Pompano Beach | Broward | FL | 02:00–? | 7.8 miles (12.6 km) | 500 yards (460 m) | 1 death – See section on this tornado – A total of 33 people were injured. | ||
| F1 | Deerfield Beach | Broward | FL | 02:15–? | .5 miles (0.80 km) | 33 yards (30 m) |
Oakland Park–Pompano Beach, Florida
[edit]| F3 tornado | |
|---|---|
| Max. rating1 | F3 tornado |
| Fatalities | 1 fatality, 33 injuries |
| 1Most severe tornado damage; see Fujita scale | |
The first of two tornadoes touched down in Northern Fort Lauderdale, just south of the Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, but either this or a separate tornado may have developed farther south, closer to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport.[4][5]
Non-tornadic effects
[edit]Oddities/records
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "March 1, 1980 Tornadoes". Tornado History Project. Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Brooks, Harold E. (April 2004). "On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity". Weather and Forecasting. 19 (2). Boston: American Meteorological Society: 310. doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2004)019<0310:OTROTP>2.0.CO;2. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - ^ Kirchoff, Glenn (March 2, 1980). "Twisters hit Broward". Fort Lauderdale News. Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
- ^ "Storm Data and Unusual Weather Phenomena". Storm Data. 22 (3). Asheville, North Carolina: United States Department of Commerce: 3. 1980.
- ^ "Non-tornadic Impacts". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
Category:F3 tornadoes Category:Tornadoes of 1980 Category:Tornadoes in Florida Category:1980 in Florida