Tornado, Lyon
- When
- July 7, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Inwood
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -96.450
A brief tornado observed by sheriff's office personnel resulted in no reported damage.
Tornadoes in Iowa, July 7, 1997
2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- 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.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:56 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lyon
- When
- July 7, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Inwood
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.320, -96.450
A brief tornado observed by sheriff's office personnel resulted in no reported damage.
What these are
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1997
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1997Warnings in Iowa, July 1997
Sources
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: 5606995, 5606689.