Tornado in Florida, August 6, 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 Miami radar (KAMX), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:16 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.

• Flood in Colorado, August 6, 19972 deaths · 1 event
• Tornado and Wildfire in Washington, August 6 to 26, 1997$1.3 million · F0 · 10 events
• Wildfire in California, August 6 to 14, 1997$1.9 million · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Florida, August 6, 1997$260,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in New Mexico, August 6, 1997$250,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Colorado, August 6, 1997$80,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strikes in Washington, August 6, 19971 injured · 2 events
• Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, August 6 to 12, 19974 events
• High Surf in California, August 6 to 7, 19974 events
• Hail in Rhode Island, August 6, 19971.5 in hail · 4 events
• Waterspout in Virginia, August 6, 19971 event
• Funnel Cloud in California, August 6, 19971 event

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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: 5619104.