Tornado, Coconino
- When
- April 23, 4:38 PM MST
- Where
- Coconino County, 3 mi S of Valle
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -112.200
Tornado in Arizona, April 23, 1997
Short-lived tornado crossed Highway 64 near Valle. Observed by two Sheriff's officers and only lasted 5-10 seconds.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGZ wrote it up.
Short-lived tornado crossed Highway 64 near Valle. Observed by two Sheriff's officers and only lasted 5-10 seconds. No known damage.
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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.
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More
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Sources
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: 5591726.