California, 1997Tornado in California, August 7, 1997
August 7, 1997 · NWS VEF · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Tornado, San Bernardino
- When
- August 7, 5:33 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, 16 mi S of Needles
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 34.600, -114.600
A Mohave County Deputy Sheriff sighted a tornado briefly touching down in open country near I-40.
Funnel Cloud, San Bernardino
- When
- August 7, 6:08 PM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, 16 mi SW of Needles
- Coordinates
- 34.841, -116.178 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Skywarn Spotter observed a funnel cloud near I-40 just west of Topock, AZ.
- 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.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 7, 19971 death · 1 in hail · 5 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Arizona, August 7, 1997$50,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 7, 1997$45,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Texas, August 7 to 9, 19971 injured · $4,000 · 5 events
- Flash Flood and Hail in Idaho, August 7 to 12, 19970.88 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 7, 19971.75 in hail · 2 events
- Flood in Texas, August 7, 19971 event
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 7, 19971 event
- Waterspout in Florida, August 7, 19971 event
- Funnel Cloud in Florida, August 7, 19971 event
- Hail in Montana, August 7, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Montana, August 7, 19971.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 5619625, 5619626.