Tornado in Colorado, August 21, 1997

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.

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.

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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 Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997$7.1 million · F0 · 23 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 21, 199715 injured · $50,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997$7.1 million · 2 in hail · 5 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 21, 1997$1.7 million · 1 in hail · 4 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, August 21 to 22, 1997$365,000 · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
• Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 21, 1997$320,000 · 87 kt wind · 7 events
• Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
• Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 21, 1997$12,000 · F1 · 4 events
• Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997$35,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 21, 19971 injured · $20,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Texas, August 21, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
• Strong Wind and Heavy Rain in Massachusetts, August 21, 1997$990 · 14 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: 5616583.