Tornado in Minnesota, August 30, 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 Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:42 UTC.

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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.

• Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 30, 1997$40,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Lightning Strike in Iowa, August 30, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
• Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 30, 1997$30,000 · 1 event
• Damaging Wind in Florida, August 30, 1997$15,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 30, 199750 kt wind · 3 events
• High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 19972 events
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 30, 1997$500 · 0.75 in hail · 2 events
• High Wind in Alaska, August 30 to 31, 19971 event
• Waterspout in Michigan, August 30, 19971 event
• Waterspout in Ohio, August 30, 19971 event
• Waterspout in Ohio, August 30, 19971 event
• High Wind in Alaska, August 30, 19971 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: 5614625.