Tornado in Florida, July 5, 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 Melbourne radar (KMLB), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:06 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.

• High Wind in Florida, July 5, 19971 death · 1 injured · $10,000 · 1 event
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, July 5 to 21, 19973 injured · $52,000 · 1.75 in hail · 80 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 5, 1997$2.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 11 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 19974 injured · $330,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, July 5, 1997$901,000 · F0 · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Washington, July 5 to 21, 1997$120,000 · F1 · 13 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5 to 16, 1997$55,000 · 1 in hail · 33 events
• Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1997$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
• Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 5, 1997$90,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events
• Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, July 5, 1997$20,000 · F1 · 8 events
• Lightning Strike in Washington, July 5, 1997$70,000 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 5, 1997$56,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 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: 5623746.