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March 1980 Pompano Beach tornadoes
Tornadoes
confirmed		2[1]
Max. rating1F3 tornado
Fatalities1 fatality, 33 injuries
Damage$27.5 million (1980 USD)[2]
Areas affectedSoutheast Florida

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.

  1. ^ "March 1, 1980 Tornadoes". Tornado History Project. Storm Prediction Center. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Tornado Summaries". National Weather Service. National Center for Environmental Information. Retrieved 19 August 2020.