Table 7. Weather stations south of Lake Okeechobee listed at the NOAA National Climatic Data 
Center (cont.). 
Station 
Division 
Station 
Latitude 
Longitude 
Begin 
End 
number 
number 
(N 
) 
(W) 
year 
year 
6657 
5 
ORTONA LOCK 2 
26° 
47' 
81° 
18' 
1 951 
Active 
6988 
5 
PENNSUCO 5 WNW 
o 
in 
eg 
56' 
oo 
o 
o 
27' 
1 968 
Active 
7020 
6 
PERRINE4W 
25° 
35' 
o 
O 
CO 
26’ 
1 989 
Active 
7200 
7 
PLANTATION KEY 
O 
CVJ 
58' 
o 
O 
co 
33' 
1962 
Active 
7254 
6 
POMPANO BEACH 
26° 
14' 
oo 
o 
o 
9' 
1 948 
1 988 
7254 
6 
POMPANO BEACH 
0 
CO 
C\J 
14' 
o 
O 
CO 
9' 
1 988 
Active 
7293 
5 
PORT MAYACA S L CANAL 
26° 
59' 
oo 
o 
0 
37' 
1 980 
Active 
7397 
5 
PUNTA GORDA 4 ESE 
o 
CO 
CVJ 
55' 
82° 
O' 
1982 
Active 
7760 
6 
ROYAL PALM RANGER STN 
25° 
23' 
0 
o 
CO 
36' 
1 949 
1987 
7760 
6 
ROYAL PALM RANGER STN 
25° 
23' 
o 
o 
CO 
36' 
1 987 
Active 
8780 
5 
TAMIAMI TRAIL 40 Ml BEN 
25° 
45' 
o 
o 
CD 
50' 
1 958 
1 986 
8780 
5 
TAMIAMI TRAIL 40 Ml BEN 
25° 
45' 
80° 
50' 
1 986 
Active 
8841 
7 
TAVERNIER 
25° 
O' 
00 
o 
o 
31' 
1 985 
Active 
9010 
5 
TRAIL GLADE RANGES 
25° 
46' 
80° 
29' 
1 982 
Active 
9525 
6 
WEST PALM BEACH WSO AP 
26° 
41' 
o 
o 
CD 
7' 
1 977 
Active 
Table 8. Yearly distribution of tornado 
(Hagemeyer and Matney, 1994). 
outbreaks and 
outbreak 
tornadoes, 1950 - 1993 
Year 
Outbreaks 
Tornadoes 
Year 
Outbreaks 
Tornadoes 
1950-54 
0 
0 
1975 
1 
5 
1 955 
1 
6 
1976-77 
0 
0 
1956 
1 
4 
1 978 
3 
1 8 
1957-63 
0 
0 
1979 
3 
30 
1 964 
1 
9 
1980-81 
0 
0 
1 965 
1 
4 
1982 
1 
1 0 ) 
1966 
1 
4 
1983 
2 
20 
1 967 
0 
0 
1984 
1 
4 
1968 
2 
1 3 
1985 
0 
0 
1 969 
0 
0 
1986 
1 
9 
1970 
2 
1 1 
1987-90 
0 
0 
1971 
2 
1 2 
1 991 
2 
1 5 
1 972 
2 
1 8 
1 992 
1 
9 
1973 
2 
9 
1 993 
2 
1 9 
1974 
0 
0 
1 7 
