Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 5, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$3,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:02 UTC.

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Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• High Wind in Florida, July 5, 19971 death · 1 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, July 5 to 21, 19973 injured · $52,000 · 1.75 in hail · 80 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1997$2.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 19974 injured · $330,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997$901,000 · F0 · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, July 5 to 21, 1997$120,000 · F1 · 13 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5 to 16, 1997$55,000 · 1 in hail · 33 events
• Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1997$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 5, 1997$90,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events
• Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 1997$20,000 · F1 · 8 events
• Lightning Strike in Washington, July 5, 1997$70,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1997$56,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events

Every storm in Alabama in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Alabama, July 1997

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5607200.