Tornado in Florida, July 2, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$2,000

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 Miami radar (KAMX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:30 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 Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 2 to 4, 19977 deaths · 105 injured · $141 million · F3 · 41 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 2, 1997$2.7 million · F3 · 36 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 2, 1997$623,000 · F2 · 7 events
• Heat in Illinois, July 2, 19971 death · 19 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 2, 1997$2.6 million · 2.25 in hail · 26 events
• Hail and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, July 2 to 16, 19976 injured · $384,000 · 1 in hail · 10 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 2 to 3, 1997$403,000 · 1.25 in hail · 15 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, July 2, 1997$107,000 · 16 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 2, 19971 injured · F1 · 23 events
• High Wind in Minnesota, July 2, 1997$57,000 · 8 events
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 1997$60,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 1997$50,000 · 1 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: 5602546.