Tornado at Ft. Lauderdale Beach 3-19-16

[@GoodSpiritBadBoy]

Born & raised in Fort Lauderdale and have seen several tornadoes and this was/is the very best video I've seen of one in this area! Very well done!

[@samuelstephens6904]

Impressive. Usually these are typical waterspouts, but this one is genuinely tornadic. The individual subvortices can even be seen if you look closely.

[@kylie-gracewagner2790]

An absolutely excellent job with the video NFD... A whole bunch of the so-called pro storm chasers from tornado alley need to watch this vid and learn something from it... Show the storm and shut your mouths.... The storm is all that matters & Nobody wants to hear anything that any of you have to say.... Once again, excellent job NFD

[@NoFlyDrone]

Thanks!

[@AmyCCloverlanez]

+GCW iasco I absolutely agree with you!!!

[@osheaeimear83]

If I have to hear one, OH my gawwwwd. Like are they not used to it at this stage.......

[@DrunkenGuitarGuy]

McKenna_Wagner agreed and well said

[@NashvegasSound]

This is some of the most mesmerizing video I have ever seen of a tornado. Thank you so much for sharing this. Wow

[@NoFlyDrone]

Thanks! I was at the right place at the right time. Just could tell something was going on behind me but couldn't see it until it came in front of the hotel. Funny thing is, my now wife was passed out on the bed and had no idea what was happening!

[@NashvegasSound]

No Fly Drone haha wow! Thanks again

[@justtraininsanity8463]

This video is fantastic, you had it in a great spot for filming, amazing job!

[@ryanjones1231]

This had impressive doppler velocities on the Miami NWS radar in a tight couplet. It looks like a multi vortex tornado over water given the numerous smaller vortices and a broad areas of strong rotation but no defined cone funnel. The speed of the wind and the amount of churning of the ocean as well as the loud noise suggests some pretty strong winds. My guess is that it could have been pretty damaging had it been over land. Not very often are multi vortex water spouts captured on video, especially not so close up with such good quality!

[@NoFlyDrone]

I wasn't sure how rare of an event this was. I like to watch storms roll in and observe weather changes. It was definitely a sight to see. Thanks for the info!

[@ka5dwi]

Outstanding work NFD. It is definitely a tornado, not a waterspout. The rotating mesocyclone is the indication.

[@Wolverine2sweet]

+Art Jackson Then, shouldn't it on land in order to be called a tornado? I mean, this is over the ocean. From other footage that I've seen that it never reached land

[@ka5dwi]

Actually waterspouts are tornados. They are weaker and more narrow. Rarely do they cause damage. This one has a broad rotation and shows how the air circulates. Overland tonadoes are harder to observe due to dirt, debris and landscape.

[@NoFlyDrone]

+Keith Grillman It actually started on land just off camera to the south. I couldn't see that far south from my balcony. You'll see in the other videos where it damaged Lanakila Iki Canoe Club.

[@budgiebreder]

Thats a BIG waterspout with little friends around it. Wow

[@pichardo2227]

My friend! this footage is amazing

[@AmyCCloverlanez]

This is awesome!!! VERY NICE VIDEO! I agree with GCW love it! and did i see a ship or boat near that thing?

[@ronaldlynnjohnson7589]

Is this still a tornado if it is over the water?

[@jeffdakid5845]

ronald lynn Johnson nope a water spout

[@diziscurran]

what hotel were you at?

[@NoFlyDrone]

Westin Ft. Lauderdale Beach Resort.

[@VicGreenBitcoin]

What would have happened is you swim there?

[@kampfgrille17]

omfg this is scary and beautiful at the same time

[@AndiYagudayevalt]

This is not a true fair-weather waterspout, by a supercell thunderstorm. Why the whole cloud was rotating.

[@robertgift]

What? No one yelling "tornado" and covering up the sound witheir nonsense? Well done video! Thank you.

[@TheAlVision]

Best vid I've seen of it so far. Nice!

[@heydanking]

I was vlogging in Ft Lauderdale that day and somehow missed this?!??

[@bridgetmurphyv]

darn maybe next time

[@oscarc8549]

Awesome footage!

[@langosta63]

I was riding my bike and saw it form right by the sand and out over the ocean.... crazy 30 seconds by the beach...

[@NoFlyDrone]

Was cool to watch. Never saw one that large before.

[@ShadowsofaStolenSun]

Just be glad that whoever it was was stopped before the summoning ritual could be completed

[@sugabuchanan1]

Awesome video! ty .. Be careful!!

[@apismellifera1000]

Its multiple vortices too! Seeing a tornadic waterspout is amazing be cool if funnel came all the way down

[@richardPalmisano]

Wow you were pretty close

[@npjr7325]

Oh no Dos Tres

[@TheAlVision]

Also, you can change the name if you want. That's a tornado, per the NWS

[@NoFlyDrone]

Thanks. I was watching the weather move through and happened to watch this develop. Crazy that it is actually classified as a tornado!

[@TheAlVision]

+No Fly Drone Technically, it's because it was on the beach itself at one point before your video starts that it gets the tornado designation (if it had only been on water, it'd be a waterspout). But that motion and the little mini-vortexes that rotate around it are unmistakable.

[@NoFlyDrone]

+TheAlVision ok thanks for clarifying. It was awesome to see.

[@ryanjones1231]

+TheAlVision Once it moved over water though, it would be considered a water spout. Water spouts can also be strong if they are formed by the same dynamic shear and updraft development as a tornado. Such are referred to as tornadic water spouts. In the Tampa Bay area in the 70's a larger wedge water spout moved on shore and did F4 rated tornado damage, where homes and businesses were leveled, and there were a number of injuries and deaths, so water spouts can be destructive. There have been a number of strong and destructive tornadoes that started as strong water spouts along the gulf coast. Recently an EF2 rated tornado injured people in January and destroyed homes as it moved as a waterspout over water to land as a tornado in Sarasota FL. A recent strong water spout in February moved onshore and produced EF3 tornado damage over land in Pensacola FL, some of the damage was very severe and their were injuries.

[@ryanjones1231]

+TheAlVision Also, what people get confused by, is that they hear about more docile water spouts, often called fair weather water spouts, which form frequently over warm tropical waters(or even over cooler waters if there is enough instability). They occur due to strong updrafts that can rotate due to weak low level shear, but the amount of available shear and helicity is simply too weak to support stronger wind speeds. Usually such water spouts still have 50-80 mph winds, though, and can still down trees, power lines, and overturn cars. So they still shouldn't be driven into by car or boat, lol. They are just relatively weak compared to more dynamically driven tornadic water spouts. Basically the reason fair water water spouts don't usually form over land is that the friction of land counteracts the weak shear. Though sometimes similar events due happen over land as well, but take a bit more spin. They are usually called land spouts or gustnadoes, and usually get rated EF0

[@h.e.s.1865]

Amazing!!!

[@daynesnow2580]

this is a wedge on water!

[@jessicaquinn6848]

I was there when it happened I was on the beach and all I heard were people screaming in the the background 😰😰😰😰

[@Tarrnation]

Wicked! Kind of freakin scary.

[@Time2FLYAlDiaz]

Epic👍🏻

[@equisnrolly]

Damn bro shit's lit XD you see that one boat pass inside it XD that was funny

[@TehRealJeje]

That's called a gustnado.

[@TheJakeman789]

Waterspout. Your title says tornado, but this is a waterspout.

[@NoFlyDrone]

I'm not a meteorologist or a tornado chaser but this was reported as an actual tornado. I don't know anything!

[@TheJakeman789]

LOL, ok. I don't know anything either! We both can agree on that!

[@StephenPurington]

Looking scary , 😎✌🏼️

[@NoFlyDrone]

Was cool to see!

[@StephenPurington]

yes for sure , peace

[@DanielsChiropractic]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5PUdISmr8iCp5o this is my video...from the top of the Emerald Princess. I'm from Boston so I wasn't really sure what I was looking at. So I googled Tornado Ft. Lauderdale March 19, 2016 to see if anyone else reported anything that day....and there was your video!!

[@KLNYC]

oh wow... Toto will be pee on her feet :) Very close call.