Tornado, Madison
- When
- February 28, 4:55 PM CST to 4:57 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Flora to 3 mi NNE of Flora
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 32.600, -90.320
Tornado in Mississippi, February 28, 1997
This tornado was sighted by spotters and the only visible damage was one tree blown down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.
This tornado was sighted by spotters and the only visible damage was one tree blown down.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, February 28, 1997
- Heat in New Jersey, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Minnesota, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 28, 1997
- Heat in Delaware, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, February 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, February 28, 1997
- Flood in Hawaii, February 28, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, February 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 28, 1997
- Flash Flood in New York, February 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Mississippi, 1997Warnings in Mississippi, February 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: 5591547.