EF0 tornado in Broward County, Florida

A small tornado began in Dania Beach on NE 6th Court just south of Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport, causing mainly fence and tree damage to the surrounding neighborhood. The tornado skipped as the parent storm moved WNW across Federal Highway, with the next area of tornado damage noted at a church on NW 5th Avenue and 3rd Terrace where the west edge of the roof peeled and blew off to the east, and the front door facing north was blown in. Extensive tree damage was noted westward along Old Griffin Road next to the Dania Cut-Off Canal, then damaged at least half a dozen mobile homes in the Ocean Waterway community west of Bryan Road and east of I-95. The mobile home damage was in the form of peeled roofs, metal siding torn off, and damaged power poles.

The tornado was rated on the high end of the EF-0 scale based primarily on damage in the mobile home park. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was also noted on radar with this tornado. Damage totals are estimates.

A nearly stationary front began to move slowly northward across South Florida on April 12th, focusing deep moisture over the region. An mid to upper level low pressure over the NW Gulf of Mexico and an upper level jet stream over the eastern Gulf of Mexico contributed to providing the necessary atmospheric forcing for areas of persistent heavy rain and strong thunderstorms across most of SE Florida.