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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 mi 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 to the north, in Deerfield Beach.

Oakland Park–Pompano Beach, Florida
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.