Tornado in Florida, April 23, 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 Tampa radar (KTBW), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:43 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.

• Lightning Strike in Florida, April 23, 19971 death · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 23, 1997$620,000 · F0 · 14 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 23, 1997$620,000 · F0 · 14 events
• Tornado in Florida, April 23, 1997$500,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, April 23, 1997$250,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Florida, April 23, 19971 injured · $150,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Tornado in Florida, April 23, 1997$200,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, April 23, 1997$150,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, April 23, 1997$125,000 · 1 event
• Tornado in Florida, April 23, 1997$114,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, April 23, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 23, 1997$50,000 · 1 in hail · 12 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: 5623474.