Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$100,000

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.

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Tornado

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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

• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, May 2 to 3, 1997$618,000 · F3 · 61 events
• Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 199712 injured · $2.4 million · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado in Georgia, May 2, 19971 death · 3 injured · $100,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 19971 injured · $600,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Hail and High Wind in Arkansas, May 2, 19971 death · $25,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
• Tornado in Tennessee, May 2, 1997$160,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, May 2, 1997$108,000 · F1 · 7 events
• Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 2, 1997$325,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, May 2, 1997$70,000 · 0.88 in hail · 18 events
• Hail in Iowa, May 2, 1997$100,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 2 to 15, 1997$60,000 · F0 · 11 events
• Tornado in Alabama, May 2, 1997$85,000 · F0 · 1 event

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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: 5599185.