Thunderstorm Wind, Okeechobee
- When
- July 5, 12:30 PM EST
- Where
- Okeechobee County, Basinger
- Coordinates
- 27.380, -81.030
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Basinger.
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 5, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 radar
The Melbourne radar (KMLB), 89 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:31 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brevard
- When
- July 5, 1:15 PM EST
- Where
- Brevard County, Micco
- Coordinates
- 27.880, -80.500
Thunderstorm winds blew down power poles and damaged a building in Micco.
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- July 5, 1:40 PM EST
- Where
- Martin County, Hobe Sound
- Coordinates
- 27.070, -80.130
Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines in Hobe Sound.
Tornado, Volusia
- When
- July 5, 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Volusia County, Oak Hill
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 28.850, -80.850
A small tornado touched down briefly in Oak Hill damaging two houses and eight mobile homes.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, July 5 to 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 5, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Washington, July 5, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1997
More
Every storm in Florida in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Florida, 1997Warnings in Florida, July 1997
Sources
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: 5617340, 5617341, 5617342, 5617343.