High Wind in Illinois, April 6, 1997

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

None recorded

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.

High Wind

Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• High Wind in Wisconsin, April 6, 19971 death · $149,000 · 22 events
• High Wind in Wisconsin, April 6, 19971 death · $120,000 · 62 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Iowa, April 6, 1997$1.8 million · 55 kt wind · 51 events
• High Wind in Michigan, April 6 to 7, 1997$5.0 million · 28 events
• High Wind in Iowa, April 6, 1997$2.5 million · 59 kt wind · 21 events
• High Wind in Michigan, April 6 to 7, 19971 injured · $1.2 million · 70 kt wind · 17 events
• High Wind in Illinois, April 6, 1997$1.6 million · 54 kt wind · 13 events
• High Wind in South Dakota, April 6, 1997$240,000 · 63 kt wind · 24 events
• High Wind in Wisconsin, April 6, 19972 injured · $300,000 · 67 kt wind · 1 event
• High Wind in Wisconsin, April 6, 1997$300,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Wisconsin, April 6, 1997$250,000 · 1 event
• High Wind in Wisconsin, April 6, 1997$250,000 · 1 event

Every storm in Illinois in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, April 1997

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: 5593446.