Florida, 1997Flooding in Florida, October 27, 1997
October 27, 1997 · NWS TBW · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
4 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Flood, Levy
- When
- October 27, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Levy County, Chiefland
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 29.282, -82.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Four to seven inches of rain caused localized flooding along the U.S. Highway 19 corridor from New Port Richey north across Spring Hill to Crystal River and into Levy county.
Flood, Citrus
- When
- October 27, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Citrus County, Crystal River
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 28.848, -82.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Hernando
- When
- October 27, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hernando County, Brooksville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 28.556, -82.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Pasco
- When
- October 27, 12:00 PM EST to 2:00 PM EST
- Where
- Pasco County, Aripeka
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 28.307, -82.439 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Florida, October 27, 19974 injured · $4.5 million · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, October 27, 1997$125,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, October 27, 1997$100,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Florida, October 27, 1997$100,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Florida, October 27, 1997$80,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Florida, October 27, 1997$75,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, October 27, 1997$15,000 · 1 in hail · 7 events
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, October 27, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
- High Wind in Vermont, October 27, 1997$15,000 · 59 kt wind · 3 events
- High Surf in Hawaii, October 27 to 29, 19976 events
- Winter Storm in Maine, October 27, 19974 events
- Lightning Strikes in Michigan, October 27, 1997$2,000 · 2 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: 5620439, 5620537, 5620538, 5620539.