Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 30, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$11,000

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 Memphis radar (KNQA), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:13 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.

• Tornadoes in Illinois, April 30, 1997$1.2 million · F1 · 3 events
• Tornadoes in Illinois, April 30, 19972 injured · $475,000 · F1 · 4 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 30, 19971 injured · $361,000 · F0 · 22 events
• Tornado in Indiana, April 30, 1997$300,000 · F1 · 1 event
• Tornado in Missouri, April 30, 19971 injured · $200,000 · F1 · 1 event
• High Wind in Kentucky, April 30, 19973 injured · $50,000 · 52 kt wind · 22 events
• High Wind in Illinois, April 30, 19971 injured · $38,000 · 61 kt wind · 35 events
• Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 30, 1997$250,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 30, 1997$200,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Iowa, April 30, 1997$100,000 · 52 kt wind · 12 events
• Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 30, 1997$150,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event
• Tornadoes in Illinois, April 30, 1997$20,000 · F1 · 3 events

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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: 5601192.