Florida, 1997Tornado in Florida, June 17, 1997
June 17, 1997 · NWS MFL · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Funnel Cloud, Broward
- When
- June 17, 4:37 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Coral Spgs
- Coordinates
- 26.152, -80.456 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
funnel clouds reported by public near atlantic blvd/sawgrass expressway. thunderstorm cell moved to the northeast.
Tornado, Broward
- When
- June 17, 4:45 PM EST
- Where
- Broward County, Coral Spgs
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 26.270, -80.220
brief touchdown observed over wildlife management area.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Texas, June 17, 19972 deaths · 2 injured · $190,000 · 58 kt wind · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 17, 19971 death · $10,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 19978 injured · $390,000 · 65 kt wind · 11 events
- Tornado in Indiana, June 17, 1997$500,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 17, 19972 injured · $200,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 17, 1997$1.0 million · 1 event
- Lightning Strikes in North Carolina, June 17, 1997$542,000 · 3 events
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 17, 1997$100,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 17, 1997$64,000 · 1.75 in hail · 24 events
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 17, 1997$150,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 17, 1997$130,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 17, 1997$84,000 · 5 events
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: 5627072, 5627073.