Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 18, 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.

The Chicago radar (KLOT), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.

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Thunderstorm Wind

Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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

• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 19972 deaths · 24 injured · 1 in hail · 10 events
• Hurricane in Alabama, July 18 to 22, 19971 death · $63 million · 5 events
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 19972 deaths · 2 injured · 63 kt wind · 6 events
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 18, 19971 death · $125,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events
• Tornado and Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 19979 injured · $1.1 million · F0 · 13 events
• Lightning Strike in Utah, July 18, 19971 death · 2 injured · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997$744,000 · 1.75 in hail · 18 events
• Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 18, 1997$185,000 · 80 kt wind · 7 events
• Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 1997$100,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997$59,000 · 12 events
• Lightning Strikes in Alabama, July 18, 1997$85,000 · 2 events
• Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 18, 1997$75,000 · 1 event

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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: 5610766.