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Fort Lauderdale storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Fort Lauderdale, FL, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

Live alerts for Fort Lauderdale, FL

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    Severe weather in Fort Lauderdale by the numbers

    10.2severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    3.3hail days a year
    9storm reports in the last 12 months
    1.50″biggest hail since 2016 (Mar 3, 2024)
    35tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF2

    Fort Lauderdale gets regular severe thunderstorms: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 216 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 59 hail reports, 122 damaging-wind reports and 35 tornado reports. On average that is 10.2 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in April, May, June, when 53% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 0 hail reports, 6 wind reports and 3 tornado reports around Fort Lauderdale.

    Latest storm reports near Fort Lauderdale

    DateReportWhere
    Sep 18, 2026Tornado12 mi N · Broward Co.
    Sep 7, 2026Damaging wind24 mi N · Palm Beach Co.
    Sep 6, 2026Tornado7 mi W · Broward Co.
    Sep 6, 2026Damaging wind7 mi W · Broward Co.
    Aug 3, 2026Damaging wind15 mi SW · Miami-Dade Co.
    Jul 26, 2026Damaging wind6 mi NW · Broward Co.
    Jun 2, 2026Damaging wind25 mi SW · Miami-Dade Co.
    Apr 7, 2026Tornado17 mi SW · Miami-Dade Co.
    Apr 7, 2026Damaging wind17 mi SW · Miami-Dade Co.
    Sep 16, 2025Damaging wind6 mi SW

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    0918283716: 6 hail16: 17 damaging wind16: 7 tornado1617: 3 hail17: 7 damaging wind17: 7 tornado1718: 10 hail18: 4 damaging wind18: 3 tornado1819: 7 hail19: 4 damaging wind19: 1 tornado1920: 12 hail20: 24 damaging wind20: 1 tornado2021: 2 hail21: 12 damaging wind2122: 3 hail22: 7 damaging wind22: 4 tornado2223: 8 hail23: 14 damaging wind23: 4 tornado2324: 4 hail24: 14 damaging wind24: 5 tornado2425: 4 hail25: 13 damaging wind2526: 6 damaging wind26: 3 tornado26
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    Storm season in Fort Lauderdale

    011223243Jan: 11JanFeb: 18FebMar: 14MarApr: 33AprMay: 38MayJun: 43JunJul: 21JulAug: 11AugSep: 25SepOct: 2OctNov: 0NovDec: 0Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Fort Lauderdale

    Fort Lauderdale averages 3.3 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 1.50 inches — about the size of a walnut / ping pong ball — reported 6 miles from the city centre on Mar 3, 2024. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Fort Lauderdale

    There have been 35 tornado reports within 25 miles of Fort Lauderdale since 2016; the strongest was rated EF2 (Sep 27, 2022, 17 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Fort Lauderdale

    Does Fort Lauderdale get a lot of severe storms?

    Fort Lauderdale averages 10.2 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Fort Lauderdale?

    Most severe-weather reports around Fort Lauderdale come in April, May, June.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Fort Lauderdale?

    1.50 inches (walnut / ping pong ball size) on Mar 3, 2024, 6 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Fort Lauderdale?

    Yes — 35 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF2 on Sep 27, 2022.

    How do I get storm alerts for Fort Lauderdale?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Fort Lauderdale, FL. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Fort Lauderdale, FL. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Sep 29, 2026.