Florida, 1997Tornado and Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 1997
September 15, 1997 · NWS MFL · 2 events in 1 county or zone
1 waterspout, 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.
Waterspout, Monroe
- When
- September 15, 6:50 AM EST to 7:05 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Duck Key
- Coordinates
- 25.557, -80.917 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
waterspout observed between duck key and conch key moving northwest...crossed road at walker island.
Tornado, Monroe
- When
- September 15, 7:00 AM EST to 7:05 AM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Duck Key
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 24.800, -80.800
watersout crossed road near walker island.
- Waterspout
- A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.
- 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Texas, September 15 to 22, 1997$105,000 · F0 · 3 events
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, September 15, 1997$60,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, September 15, 1997$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997$40,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997$40,000 · F0 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Utah, September 15, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Oregon, September 15, 1997$15,000 · F0 · 1 event
- High Wind in Alaska, September 15 to 17, 19975 events
- Flooding in North Carolina, September 15, 19972 events
- Hail in Montana, September 15, 19970.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Montana, September 15, 199760 kt wind · 1 event
- Waterspout in Florida, September 15, 19971 event
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: 5618207, 5618208.